Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun The stifle or knee-joint of the horse; the joint of the hind leg between the hip and the hock, whose convexity points forward, which is close to the belly, and which corresponds to the human knee. See cut under
Equidæ .
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His wound was long and deep, from the hock on the inside, up to the stifle-joint.
Son of Power Zamin Ki Dost 1905
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