cannon bonen.

Brit.

/ˈkanən bəʊn/, U.S.

/ˈkænən ˌboʊn/

Forms: 1700s–1800s canon bone, 1700s– cannon bone.

Origin: Formed within English, by compounding. Etymons: cannon n.¹, bone n.¹

Etymology: < cannon n.¹ + bone n.¹ In sense 1 probably as an alteration of cannel-bone n. (compare sense 1 at that entry). In sense 2 after French os du canon (1742 or earlier); compare canon , denoting the anatomical region where this bone is located (see etymological note at cannon n.¹).

†1. The collarbone (clavicle). Cf. cannel-bone n. 1. Obsolete. rare.

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the world > life > the body > structural parts > bone or bones > collarbone > [noun]

cannel-bonea1325

collara1475

shears1503

furcule?1541

channel-bone1587

clavicle1615

collarbone1615

patel1615

cane1621

jugulum1706

cannon bone1730

key-bone1791

1730 J. Cheny Hist. List Horse-matches 82 Lord How's bay G. Captain Frisky, fell soon after Starting, by which fall was broken the Cannon Bone of the Riders Shoulder.

2. In the horse: the bone located between the knee and the fetlock joint (in the foreleg) or the hock and the fetlock joint (in the hind leg). Also: a bone occupying the same position in cattle and other ruminants.The cannon bone of the horse corresponds to the third metacarpal or metatarsal bone in other vertebrates, and that of ruminants to fused third and fourth metacarpal or metatarsal bones.

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the world > animals > animal body > general parts > constituent materials > [noun] > metacarpal or metatarsal

cannon bone1755

cannon1795

gamba1842

1755 tr. É.-G. La Fosse Observ. & Discov. Horses 11 The ligament of the cannon-bone [Fr. l'os du canon], the pastern and the coronary bones.

1795 Sporting Mag. Jan. 178/2 It sends off a flattish tendon to be inserted into the superior part of the shank or cannon-bone.

1833 C. Bell Hand iii. 83 When we look in front, instead of the four metacarpal bones, we see one strong bone, the cannon bone.

1854 R. Owen Struct. Skeleton & Teeth in Orr's Circle Sci.: Org. Nature I. 244 The single bone [of the ox], called ‘cannon-bone’, which articulates with both these carpal bones, does not answer to the single ‘cannon-bone’ in the horse, but to the metatarsals of both the third and the fourth digits.

1870 H. A. Nicholson Man. Zool. II. 476 These [sc. the two metacarpal bones in the embryo of ruminants] are anchylosed together in the adult, and form a single mass which is known as the ‘canon-bone’.

1916 C. S. Plumb Judging Farm Animals vi. 69 The cannon bone is commonly used as a measure of quality of bone and this should be flat, deep and smooth.

1968 Observer's Bk. Horses & Ponies (rev. ed.) Gloss. 262 Well-let-down hocks, a greatly prized item of conformation. The closer to the ground the hocks are (if unblemished), implying short cannon bones, the better.

2014 Horse & Rider Apr. 12/3 Horse out for 3 months w/ hairline fracture to cannon bone.

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2018; most recently modified version published online December 2021).

单词	cannon bone
释义	cannon bonen. Brit. /ˈkanən bəʊn/, U.S. /ˈkænən ˌboʊn/ Forms: 1700s–1800s canon bone, 1700s– cannon bone. Origin: Formed within English, by compounding. Etymons: cannon n.¹, bone n.¹ Etymology: < cannon n.¹ + bone n.¹ In sense 1 probably as an alteration of cannel-bone n. (compare sense 1 at that entry). In sense 2 after French os du canon (1742 or earlier); compare canon , denoting the anatomical region where this bone is located (see etymological note at cannon n.¹). †1. The collarbone (clavicle). Cf. cannel-bone n. 1. Obsolete. rare. ΘΚΠ the world > life > the body > structural parts > bone or bones > collarbone > [noun] cannel-bonea1325 collara1475 shears1503 furcule?1541 channel-bone1587 clavicle1615 collarbone1615 patel1615 cane1621 jugulum1706 cannon bone1730 key-bone1791 1730 J. Cheny Hist. List Horse-matches 82 Lord How's bay G. Captain Frisky, fell soon after Starting, by which fall was broken the Cannon Bone of the Riders Shoulder. 2. In the horse: the bone located between the knee and the fetlock joint (in the foreleg) or the hock and the fetlock joint (in the hind leg). Also: a bone occupying the same position in cattle and other ruminants.The cannon bone of the horse corresponds to the third metacarpal or metatarsal bone in other vertebrates, and that of ruminants to fused third and fourth metacarpal or metatarsal bones. ΘΚΠ the world > animals > animal body > general parts > constituent materials > [noun] > metacarpal or metatarsal cannon bone1755 cannon1795 gamba1842 1755 tr. É.-G. La Fosse Observ. & Discov. Horses 11 The ligament of the cannon-bone [Fr. l'os du canon], the pastern and the coronary bones. 1795 Sporting Mag. Jan. 178/2 It sends off a flattish tendon to be inserted into the superior part of the shank or cannon-bone. 1833 C. Bell Hand iii. 83 When we look in front, instead of the four metacarpal bones, we see one strong bone, the cannon bone. 1854 R. Owen Struct. Skeleton & Teeth in Orr's Circle Sci.: Org. Nature I. 244 The single bone [of the ox], called ‘cannon-bone’, which articulates with both these carpal bones, does not answer to the single ‘cannon-bone’ in the horse, but to the metatarsals of both the third and the fourth digits. 1870 H. A. Nicholson Man. Zool. II. 476 These [sc. the two metacarpal bones in the embryo of ruminants] are anchylosed together in the adult, and form a single mass which is known as the ‘canon-bone’. 1916 C. S. Plumb Judging Farm Animals vi. 69 The cannon bone is commonly used as a measure of quality of bone and this should be flat, deep and smooth. 1968 Observer's Bk. Horses & Ponies (rev. ed.) Gloss. 262 Well-let-down hocks, a greatly prized item of conformation. The closer to the ground the hocks are (if unblemished), implying short cannon bones, the better. 2014 Horse & Rider Apr. 12/3 Horse out for 3 months w/ hairline fracture to cannon bone. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2018; most recently modified version published online December 2021). < n.1730
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