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Definition of "ringbone" []

  • A bony growth on the fetlock, pastern, or coffin bone of a horse's foot, usually causing lameness. (noun)

American Heritage(R) Dictionary of the English Language, Fifth Edition. Copyright (c) 2011 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. All rights reserved.

Use "ringbone" in a sentence
  • "The periostitis has been overlooked; any chance that might have existed for preventing its advance to the chronic stage has been lost; the osseous formation is established; the ringbone is a fixed fact, and the indications are urgent and pressing."
  • "A ringbone is the growth of a bony tumor on the ankle."
  • "High ringbone occurs when calcification accumulates where the long pastern bone, or P1, and the short pastern bone, P2, meet."