fetlock

fetlock is a 7-letter English word with 3 senses as noun in the JumbleFix dictionary. One common meaning is: The cushionlike projection, bearing a tuft of long hair, on the back side of the leg above the hoof of the horse and similar animals. Also, the joint of the limb at this point (between the great pastern bone and the metacarpus), or the tuft of hair. Face value is 16 in Scrabble and 18 in Words With Friends. Use the entries below when you need a playable sense, a nearby word, or another arrangement of the same letters.

7 letters · Scrabble 16 · Words With Friends 18 · 3 senses

Definitions

1. noun. The cushionlike projection, bearing a tuft of long hair, on the back side of the leg above the hoof of the horse and similar animals. Also, the joint of the limb at this point (between the great pastern bone and the metacarpus), or the tuft of hair.
2. noun. projection behind and above a horse's hoof
3. noun. the joint between the cannon bone and the pastern

Common word forms

fetlocks, fetlocked

Words from these letters

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