Definition of Cronet

1. n. The coronet of a horse.

Definition of Cronet

1. Noun. The coronet of a horse. ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Definition of Cronet

1. hair growing over the top of a horse's hoof [n -S]

Lexicographical Neighbors of Cronet

cromoglycate
cromolyn
cromolyn sodium
cromolyns
cromorna
cromornas
cromorne
cromornes
cromulent
crone
cronehood
cronel
cronelike
cronels
crones
cronet (current term)
cronets
cronies
cronish
cronk
cronker
cronkest
cronkhite-canada syndrome
cronking
cronstedtite
crontab
crontabs
cronusite
crony
cronyism

Literary usage of Cronet

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. The Farrier's New Guide: Containing First, the Anatomy of a Horse by William Gibson (1722)
"... but whoever tries it had need be careful to guard the cronet, or elfe it will be apt to ... the cronet, by being detain'd in the hollow Circle of the ..."

2. The Sportsman's Dictionary: Or, The Country Gentleman's Companion, in All ...Sports (1735)
"CORONET, or cronet of a ... is that part on the very top cronet, > of it where the hair grows, and falls down upon the hoof: the coronet ..."

3. Etymons of English Wordsby John Thomson by John Thomson (1826)
"cronet, s. the short hair projecting over the hoof of a horse ; F. couronne ; L. corona ... CROWN-SCAR, s. a sore about the hoof of a horse. See cronet. ..."

4. The Sportsman's Dictionary; Or, The Gentleman's Companion: for Town and ...Hunting (1785)
"... the cronet of the fore foot. Hence they fay. ... and that the attaint reaches to the cronet. Upper attaint, is a violent blow given with the two hind ..."

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