Obsolete. rare. Apparently only attested in dictionaries or glossaries.
(See quot. 1598.)
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1598 J. FlorioWorlde of WordesGalette delle gambe dietro del cauallo, the ioint of the hinder legs of a horse, called the hought or the spliterne [1611 splitterne] of a horse.
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