| Word | fetlock |
|---|---|
| Definition | n. The joint of a horse's leg between the cannon bone and the pastern. |
| Sentence | The horse sank fetlock-deep, and each of his hoofs made a sucking sound as it was pulled from the half-thawed ground. |
| Source | Anna Karenina, II.XIII, p.158 Image: Cropped and retouched from original: By Owain Davies - Own work, CC BY 3.0, https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=15364546 |
Tags: language::english, topic::vocabulary
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