fetlock
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fetlock
Where it comes from
From Middle English fitlokes, feetlakkes pl, taken to be foot + lock (“tuft of hair”) but actually a misdivision of Old English -oc. Cognate with Middle Low German fitlok, fitlock (“fetlock”), Dutch vitlok, vittelokke, vitslok, German Fissloch, Fisloch, Fislach (“fetlock; pastern”).
noun fetlocks · fetterlock · fewterlock
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A joint of the horse's leg below the knee or hock and above the hoof.
It was the better part of a mile wide, but save for some fathoms in the middle, where the Sker current ran, it was no deeper even at flood than a horse's fetlocks.
Similar: ankle
- The tuft of hair that grows at this joint.
Translations
Talk about this word "fetlock." Wiktionary, via Micwyn, micwyn.com/word/fetlock. Accessed 6 Nov. 2026. fetlock. (n.d.). In Wiktionary, via Micwyn. Retrieved November 6, 2026, from https://micwyn.com/word/fetlock "fetlock." Wiktionary, via Micwyn. Accessed November 6, 2026. https://micwyn.com/word/fetlock.Cite this
@misc{fetlock_2026,
title = {fetlock},
howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
year = {2026},
url = {https://micwyn.com/word/fetlock},
urldate = {2026-11-06}
}
