shoe boil

noun

, Veterinary Pathology.

1. a swelling of the elbow of a horse due to irritation caused by the hoof striking the elbow when lying down.

Word History and Origins

Origin of shoe boil¹

First recorded in 1910–15

Example Sentences

The meaning of the terms gee, haw, nigh, off, run, gallop, trot, pace, single foot, rack.The location, cause, and effect of these troubles: heaves, blind staggers, knee sprung, shoe boil, quitter, ring bone, spavin, capped hock, flat foot, hoof bound, glanders, mange, sweeny, hide bound, and thrush.The record time for a trotted and a paced mile.The meaning of "one horse power."

From Project Gutenberg

Capped elbow, or "shoe boil," is a term applied to an enlargement often found at the point of the elbow.

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Boots similar in pattern to those which are used for the prevention of shoe boil are also prescribed.

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The protection of the skin of the elbow by interposing soft tissues between that and the shoe, or by bandaging the heel with bags or covering it with boots, is considered by many the best of the preventive methods, and the advantage to be obtained by resorting to it can not be overlooked when the number of horses which develop shoe boil whenever the use of the boot is intermitted is considered.

From Project Gutenberg

No better example of this condition can be imagined than is present in cases of "shoe boil," where there exists an extensive area of acute inflammation of the elbow.

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