Definition of Sand crack

1. Noun. A fissure in the wall of a horse's hoof often causing lameness.

Generic synonyms: Animal Disease
Specialized synonyms: Toe Crack, Quarter Crack

Definition of Sand crack

1. Noun. A vertical fissure in the wall of a horse's hoof; a quarter crack. ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Lexicographical Neighbors of Sand Crack

sand badger
sand bar
sand bars
sand bath
sand berry
sand blackberry
sand bodies
sand boil
sand box
sand boxes
sand cast
sand cat
sand cats
sand cherry
sand crab
sand crack (current term)
sand cricket
sand dab
sand devil's claw
sand dollar
sand dollars
sand down
sand dropseed
sand dune
sand dunes
sand eel
sand flea
sand fleas
sand fly
sand grouse

Literary usage of Sand crack

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

1. The Horse by William Youatt, Walker Watson, Isambard Kingdom Brunel (1874)
"In this case, as in almost every one of sand-crack, the horse should be kept as quiet as possible. It is not in the power of the surgeon to effect » perfect ..."

2. Youatt on the Structure and the Diseases of the Horse with Their Remedies by William Youatt, William Charles Spooner, Henry Stephens Randall (1857)
"SAND-CRACK. This, as its name imports, is a crack or division of the hoof from above downward, and into which sand and dirt are too apt to insinuate ..."

3. The Americana: A Universal Reference Library, Comprising the Arts and ...by Frederick Converse Beach, George Edwin Rines by Frederick Converse Beach, George Edwin Rines (1912)
"Sand-crack, a crack or fissure in the hoof of a horse, due to a disease generally ... There are various forms of sand- crack, the most common of them being ..."

4. The American Reformed Horse Book: A Treatise on the Causes, Symptoms, and by George H. Dadd (1889)
"The name of sand-crack seems of questionable application. ... A sand-crack may be defined to be a longitudinal division in the fibers of the wall of the ..."

5. The American Reformed Horse Book: A Treatise on the Causes, Symptoms, and by George H. Dadd (1880)
"Tho name of sand-crack seems of questionable application. ... A sand-crack may be defined to be a longitudinal division in the fibers of the wall of the ..."

6. A Practical Treatise, on Farriery: Deduced from the Experience of Above by William Griffiths (1795)
"Then make ufe of the following mixture. A MIXTURE for a SAND-CRACK. Take Spirits of Wine and Oil of Turpentine, of each one pint, ..."

7. The Horse by William Youatt, Walker Watson, Isambard Kingdom Brunel (1874)
"In this case, as in almost every one of sand-crack, the horse should be kept as quiet as possible. It is not in the power of the surgeon to effect » perfect ..."

8. Youatt on the Structure and the Diseases of the Horse with Their Remedies by William Youatt, William Charles Spooner, Henry Stephens Randall (1857)
"SAND-CRACK. This, as its name imports, is a crack or division of the hoof from above downward, and into which sand and dirt are too apt to insinuate ..."

9. The Americana: A Universal Reference Library, Comprising the Arts and ...by Frederick Converse Beach, George Edwin Rines by Frederick Converse Beach, George Edwin Rines (1912)
"Sand-crack, a crack or fissure in the hoof of a horse, due to a disease generally ... There are various forms of sand- crack, the most common of them being ..."

10. The American Reformed Horse Book: A Treatise on the Causes, Symptoms, and by George H. Dadd (1889)
"The name of sand-crack seems of questionable application. ... A sand-crack may be defined to be a longitudinal division in the fibers of the wall of the ..."

11. The American Reformed Horse Book: A Treatise on the Causes, Symptoms, and by George H. Dadd (1880)
"Tho name of sand-crack seems of questionable application. ... A sand-crack may be defined to be a longitudinal division in the fibers of the wall of the ..."

12. A Practical Treatise, on Farriery: Deduced from the Experience of Above by William Griffiths (1795)
"Then make ufe of the following mixture. A MIXTURE for a SAND-CRACK. Take Spirits of Wine and Oil of Turpentine, of each one pint, ..."

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