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stringhalt
[ string-hawlt ]
noun
- a nerve disorder in horses, causing exaggerated flexing movements of the hind legs in walking.
stringhalt
/ ˈstrɪŋˌhɔːlt /
noun
- vet science a sudden spasmodic lifting of the hind leg of a horse, resulting from abnormal contraction of the flexor muscles of the hock Also calledspringhalt
Other Words From
- stringhalted stringhalty adjective
- stringhalted·ness noun
Word History and Origins
Origin of stringhalt1
Word History and Origins
Origin of stringhalt1
Example Sentences
Stringhalt, string′hawlt, n. a peculiar catching up of a horse's limbs, usually of one or both hind-limbs, a variety of chorea or St Vitus's dance.
But if he does the same thing with his hind-legs they call it springhalt or stringhalt, or something of that kind, and set him down as a beastly old plug.
One summer he wandered through South Dakota selling farmers a home-remedy book with cures for lump jaw and scabies in cattle, stringhalt in horses.
This last circumstance, however, proves nothing; for the same thing may be said of tetanus in the human being, and of stringhalt in the horse; both of them being well-marked nervous affections.
Never mind about my stripes, old Stringhalt.
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