calkin

[ kaw-kin, kal- ]

noun

1. calk ( def 1 ).

Word History and Origins

Origin of calkin¹

1400–50; late Middle English kakun < Middle Dutch calcoen hoof < Old French (Walloon) calcain < Latin calcāneum heel; calcaneum

Example Sentences

For what is the use o' calkin' A tub with a mustard pot— And what is the use o' talkin' Of a boat that you haven't got?

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There is no doubt that they are most common in animals shod with heavy shoes and with high and sharp calkins.

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This suggests at once that a preventive is to be found in substituting a calkin that is low and square.

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When occurring from the latter, it is seen more often than not in the hind-foot, being there caused by the calkin of the opposite foot.

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More often than not it is met with in the feet of heavy draught animals, and is there caused by the calkin, either when being violently backed or suddenly turned round.

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