windgall
windgall noun: a puffy, typically fluid filled sac located just above the fetlock joint on a horse, generally appearing on old or poorly kept horses.
Noun
windgall (plural windgalls)
- A puffy, typically fluid filled sac located just above the fetlock joint on a horse, generally appearing on old or poorly kept horses.
- It was a Bearn pony, from twelve to fourteen years old, yellow in his hide, without a hair in his tail, but not without windgalls on his legs […]1844, Alexandre Dumas (anon. translator), The Three Musketeers, Spark Publishing (2004) p. 12
- Synonyms:
- windpuff
Synonyms of windgall
Forms of windgall
| plural | windgalls |
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Origin of windgall
From wind + gall.
Questions about windgall
- What does windgall mean?
- Windgall means a puffy, typically fluid filled sac located just above the fetlock joint on a horse, generally appearing on old or poorly kept horses.
- What part of speech is windgall?
- Windgall is a noun.
- What is the plural of windgall?
- The plural of windgall is windgalls.
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