osselet

American  

[os-uh-lit] / ˈɒs ə lɪt /

noun

Veterinary Pathology.

1. a hard nodule on the leg of a horse, especially one on the inner side of the knee or the outer side of the fetlock.

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Etymology

Origin of osselet

1680–90; < French: literally, little bone, Old French; see os ¹, -let

Example Sentences

When Citation was sidelined with an osselet after two years of racing, he had won the triple crown, $865,150 for Owner Warren Wright, and ranking with Man o' War.

From Time Magazine Archive

Chambaud renders osselet by "petit os avec lequel les enfants jouent."

From The Book of the Thousand Nights and a Night — Volume 09 by Burton, Richard Francis, Sir