attributive.

The joint in the hinder leg of a quadruped between the true knee and the fetlock, the angle of which points backward.

The joint in the upper part of the hind leg of a horse (also of a deer, a moose, an ox, etc.); the hock. Cf. cambrel, n. 2.

= gambrel, n. 2. Also more fully gamble joint. Now regional and rare.

The bend or joint of the upper part of a horse's hind leg; the hock. Cf. cambrel, n. 2.