ringbone

See also: ring-bone

English

Etymology

Inherited from Middle English ryngbon; equivalent to ring + bone.

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ringbone

  1. osteoarthritis affecting any of several bones of a horse's foot
    • 1920, Peter B. Kyne, chapter XII, in The Understanding Heart:
      “As an inventor,” Bob Mason suggested, “you're a howling success at shooting craps ! If I were as free of spavins, ringbone, saddle-galls, and splints as you are, I'd have that nanny-goat in here, hog-tie her, flop her and let the boy help himself. []

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