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# fetlock

«fetlock» in Mova's school dictionary: **the small joint on a horse's leg, just above the hoof…** — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples.

### part of speech

noun (fetlock, fetlocks)

### meaning for a pupil

The fetlock is the small joint on a horse's leg, just above the hoof, where a tuft of hair grows. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/F/fetlock/#m1)

### sense in the lessons

in tales a magic horse may sink into the earth up to its fetlocks, meaning up to its lower legs

### examples

- The magic horse sank into the earth up to its fetlocks. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/F/fetlock/#x1)
- The horse's fetlocks were splashed with mud. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/F/fetlock/#x2)

### note

nothing for maths

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every meaning and example of «fetlock» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/F/fetlock/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.