malanders

or mal·lan·ders, mal·len·ders

[ mal-uhn-derz ]

noun

, (used with a singular verb)

1. a dry, scabby or scurfy eruption or scratch behind the knee in a horse's foreleg.

malanders

/ ˈmæləndəz /

plural noun

1. functioning as singular a disease of horses characterized by an eczematous inflammation behind the knee

Word History and Origins

Origin of malanders¹

1400–50; late Middle English malaunder < Middle French malander < Latin malandria blister on a horse's neck; -s ³

Word History and Origins

Origin of malanders¹

C15: via Old French from Latin malandria sore on the neck of a horse

Example Sentences

Among horses it is the agent in the production of necrotic malanders, quittor, and diphtheritic inflammation of the large intestine.

From Project Gutenberg

Also the "Malanders" meant leprosy, whence it came about that the epithet "Malandrin" was attached to a brigand, who, like the leper, was driven from society and forced to lead a lawless life.

From Project Gutenberg

Besides being spavined and having three of his hoofs injured by sand-crack, he had poll-evil, fistulas, malanders, ring-bone, capped hock, curb, splint, and several other maladies which made him a very suitable horse for the general public to bet against.

From Project Gutenberg