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from The Century Dictionary.
- Said of horses in which there is a congenital malformation of the hind legs, such that the hind feet stand well under the body, the angle of the hock being more acute than is normal and taking somewhat the appearance of a saber. See
sickle-hammed .
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This condition may therefore result as a sequence to congenital malformation, as in the case of horses that are "saber-legged."
Special Report on Diseases of the Horse Charles B. Michener 1877
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