English Dictionary

spavin

/ˈspævɪn/

noun

A disease of horses characterized by a bony swelling developed on the hock as the result of inflammation of the bones.

He noticed a spavin on the horse's hind leg.

意味（1）

A disease of horses characterized by a bony swelling developed on the hock as the result of inflammation of the bones.

“As an inventor,” Bob Mason suggested, “you're a howling success at shooting craps ! If I were as free of spavins, ringbone, saddle-galls, and splints as you are, I'd have that nanny-goat in here, hog-tie her, flop her and let the boy help himself. […] ”