quittor

English

Alternative forms

Etymology

From Middle English quiter, quitere, quitoure, quiture, quytur, whitour, from Old French cuiture, quiture, probably from Latin coctura.[1] Cognate with Low German kwater, kwader (rottenness).

Pronunciation

  • (UK) IPA(key): /ˈkwɪt.ə(ɹ)/
  • (General American) IPA(key): /ˈkwɪt.ɚ/, [ˈkwɪɾ.ɚ]
  • Rhymes: -ɪtə(ɹ)
  • Homophone: quitter

Noun

quittor (plural quittors)

  1. A chronic abscess, or fistula of the coronet, in a horse's foot, resulting from inflammation of the tissues investing the coffin bone.

References

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