See Also: fetlock(medicine)
fetlock(dictionary)
fetlock(dictionary)
Fetlock - Horse Racing(gambling)
Fetlock (Joint) - Horse Racing(gambling)

fetlock (iou)



fetlock noun. ME.
[Corresp. to Dutch vetlok, Flemish vitlok, Middle High German vieloch, -lach (German Fissloch) rel. to German Fessel fetlock, deriv. of Germanic var. of base of FOOT noun.]
The part of a horse's leg where the tuft of hair grows behind the pastern-joint. ME.
= FETTERLOCK 1. Now rare. L17.
fetlocked adjective (rare) hobbled or fastened by the fetlock; shackled: E18.