Definition of "hock-joint" []

• Tarsal joint of the hind leg of hoofed mammals; corresponds to the human ankle (noun)

WordNet. Princeton University. 2010.

• "-- Bog spavin is an extensive distention of the capular ligament of the hock-joint by synovia (Fig. 48)."
• "The inability to move the limb is due to the patella resting on the external lip of the pulley surface, and a locking of the stifle - and hock-joint."
• "-- This term is applied to a peculiar involuntary movement of one or both hind limbs that is characterized by a sudden, purposeless flexion of the hock-joint (Fig. 45)."