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springhalt
[ spring-hawlt ]
springhalt
/ ˈ²õ±è°ùɪŋˌ³óɔ˱ô³Ù /
noun
- vet science another name for stringhalt
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˜yÐÄvlog History and Origins
Origin of springhalt1
First recorded in 1605–15; alteration by association with spring
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˜yÐÄvlog History and Origins
Origin of springhalt1
C17: probably an alteration, influenced by spring , of stringhalt
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Example Sentences
Examples have not been reviewed.
But if he does the same thing with his hind-legs they call it springhalt or stringhalt, or something of that kind, and set him down as a beastly old plug.
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Their horses have most of them got the springhalt, and that is the reason why married people now a-days walk a-foot to the Elysian fields.
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Our horse was noted for the springhalt.
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At a little distance grazed an old horse, gray and gaunt, springhalt and spavined, with ribs like Death's own.
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One would take it, That never saw 'em pace before, the spavin Or springhalt reign'd among 'em.
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