Home > Industry/Domain > Animals > Horses

Horses

Any of various equine mammals, or even certain extinct forms related ancestrally to the modern horse.

Contributors in Horses

Horses

hoof

Animals; Horses

The hard horny covering of the horse's foot.

diagonal

Animals; Horses

A pair of legs at the trot, such as the right front and the left hind. When posting, the rider sits as the inside hind hits the ground or "rise and fall with the (front) leg on the wall." Riding ...

trace

Animals; Horses

Heavy strap that attaches the harness to the vehicle or load being pulled.

gaskin

Animals; Horses

The heavy muscular area between the hock and the stifle.

shafts

Animals; Horses

A pair of poles that fit on either side of a horse in a single harness.

contracted heels

Animals; Horses

Heels are pulled close together due to the frog shriveling. caused by lack of use or disease.

horn

Animals; Horses

The highest part of the pommel, of the western saddle, around which the rider can dally a rope.

Featured blossaries

Legal

Category: Law   1 5 Terms

aleph-null

Category: Culture   1 9 Terms