Quittor
//ˈkwɪt.ɚ// noun
noun ·Rare ·Advanced level
Definitions
Noun
- 1 A chronic abscess, or fistula of the coronet, in a horse's foot, resulting from inflammation of the tissues investing the coffin bone.
Etymology
From Middle English quiter, quitere, quitoure, quiture, quytur, whitour, from Old French cuiture, quiture, probably from Latin coctura. Cognate with Low German kwater, kwader (“rottenness”).
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