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ring-bone

ring-bone is the alternative spelling of ringbone.

Meaning of ringbone

Noun

ringbone

  1. A type of osteoarthritis affecting any of several bones (particularly the coffin joint or pastern) of a horse's leg or foot, marked by bone growth.
    • “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. […]”1920, Peter B. Kyne, chapter XII, in The Understanding Heart

Forms of ring-bone

pluralring-bones

Questions about ring-bone

What is ring-bone the alternative spelling of?
Ring-bone is the alternative spelling of ringbone.

Words near ring-bone in the dictionary

  1. ring-bill
  2. ring-billed gull
  3. ring-billed gulls
  4. ring-bolt
  5. ring-bolts
  6. ring-bone
  7. ring-bones
  8. ring-cake
  9. ring-cakes
  10. ring-dropping
  11. ring-fence

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