Ringbone

ringbone

1. osteoarthritis affecting any of several bones of a horse's foot
• 1920, Peter B. Kyne, The Understanding Heart, Chapter XII
1. “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. …”