the world > animals > mammals > group Ungulata (hoofed) > family Equidae (general equines) > habits and actions of horse > [noun] > wind-sucking or crib-biting (7)
The vice or morbid habit in horses called crib-biting or cribbing. Cf. tick, v.3
the vice or morbid habit of seizing the manger (or other object) with the teeth and at the same time noisily drawing in the breath (wind-sucking).
= Crib-biting: see crib, v. 9.