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Noun: fetlock  'fet,lók
  1. The joint between the cannon bone and the pastern
    "The horse's fetlock joint was swollen after the long ride";
    - fetlock joint
     
  2. Projection behind and above a horse's hoof
    "The mud splashed up to the horse's fetlocks"

Derived forms: fetlocks

Type of: appendage, articulatio, articulation, joint, outgrowth, process

Part of: horse's foot

Encyclopedia: Fetlock