fetterlockn.
/ˈfɛtəlɒk/, U.S. /ˈfɛdərˌlɑk/ 1.
a. = fetlock n. 1. Also used attributively.
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the world > animals > mammals > group Ungulata (hoofed) > family Equidae (general equines) > body or parts of horse > [noun] > leg > fetlock
fetlockc1325
fetterlock1587
1587 L. Mascall Bk. Cattell (1627) 135 They clippe away all the hayre sauing the fetherlocke.
1607 G. Markham Cavelarice ii. 9 His ioyntes beneath his knees great; with long feawter locks.
1678 London Gaz. No. 1338/4 A grey Mare..charm'd upon the 4 fetter-lock joints.
1688 R. Holme Acad. Armory ii. 154/1 The Fewter-lock.
1716 London Gaz. No. 5470/4 The Fetter-Locks behind bigger than the other.
1841 G. Catlin Lett. N. Amer. Indians II. xlv. 85 Our horses' feet were sinking at every step, above their fetterlocks.
b. transferred of a human being.
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the world > life > the body > external parts of body > limb > extremities > foot > [noun]
footOE
heelOE
toec1290
pettitoes1590
goers1612
hoofa1616
fetlock1645
stamper1652
fetterlock1674
pedestal1695
trotter1755
footsie1762
dew-beaters1811
pedal1838
mud-hook1850
tootsy1854
tootsicum1860
gun-boat1870
mundowie1880
plate of meat1887
trilby1895
dog1913
puppies1922
1674 S. Butler Hudibras (new ed.) ii. i. 228 To set at large his Fetter-locks.
2. figurative.1841 G. P. R. James Brigand xxi Despotic suspicion had not invented the fetter-lock of passports.
a. An apparatus fixed to the foot of a horse, to prevent his running away.
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the world > food and drink > farming > animal husbandry > keeping or management of horses > horse-gear > [noun] > hobble or fetter
fetterlockc1440
shackle1529
trammelc1550
manacle1553
rapshin1677
fetlock1695
French lock1704
heel rope1854
c1440 Promptorium Parvulorum 159/1 Fetyrlokke, sera compeditalis.
1530 J. Palsgrave Lesclarcissement 220/1 Fetterlocke, serrure a goujons.
1610 P. Holland tr. W. Camden Brit. i. 510 The forme of the Keepe..built like a fetter-lock.
b. The same represented on a badge, shield, etc. Also a jewel of the same form.It is figured as a cylinder to which a chain or steel band is attached in the form of a D, one end being permanently fixed and the other secured by a lock.
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the mind > attention and judgement > beautification > types of ornamentation > jewellery > jewellery of specific shape or form > [noun]
ringOE
beec1009
languet1378
Collar of SS., S's, or Esses1406
tablet?a1425
fetterlock1463
serpent-tongue1488
triangle1529
flory1530
gorget1570
medal1578
tablet jewel1599
sprig1602
bracelet1624
medallion1658
croisette1688
torques1693
scarabaeus1775
crosslet1802
torque1834
teardrop1870
scarab1878
scaraboid1879
scarabaeoid1887
squash blossom1923
clip1937
society > communication > indication > insignia > heraldic devices collective > other heraldic representations > [noun] > horse furniture
fetterlock1463
bray1863
1463 in S. Tymms Wills & Inventories Bury St. Edmunds (1850) 37 A litil fetirlok of gold with a lace of perle and smal bedys therto of blak.
c1465 Pol. Rel. & L. Poems (1866) 2 An F. for þe feterlock þat is of grete substance.
1605 W. Camden Remaines i. 163 King Edward..bare his white Rose, the fetterlocke before specified.
1646 G. Buck Hist. Life Richard III iv. 115 The device was, A Faulcon encompassed with a Fetter-lock.
1819 W. Scott Ivanhoe II. xv. 300 A fetter-lock, and a shakle-bolt on a field sable.
This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1895; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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