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Webster 1913 Edition


Stringhalt

String′haltˊ

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Noun.
(Far.)
An habitual sudden twitching of the hinder leg of a horse, or an involuntary or convulsive contraction of the muscles that raise the hock.
[Written also
springhalt
.]

Webster 1828 Edition


Stringhalt

STRINGHALT

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Noun.
[string and halt.] A sudden twitching of the hinder leg of a horse, or an involuntary or convulsive motion of the muscles that extend or bend the hough. [This word in some of the United States, is corrupted into springhalt.]

Definition 2024


stringhalt

stringhalt

English

Noun

stringhalt (countable and uncountable, plural stringhalts)

  1. Alternative form of springhalt