springhalt
Also 7 spring-halt, 8 -hault.
[app. an alteration of stringhalt, through association with spring v.1 Cf. WFlem. springhielde spavined.]
= stringhalt. † Also as adj., affected with stringhalt.
| 1613 Shakes. Hen. VIII, i. iii. 13 They haue all new legs, And lame ones; one would take it..the Spauen A[nd] Spring-halt rain'd among 'em. 1639 Crabtree Lect. 67 Thou [a farrier] art troubled..with..the Spring-halt in thy hippes,..the Scratches in thy heels. 1718 Hutchinson Witchcraft ix. 128 Dost thou not..twitch up thy Houghs just like a Springhault Tit? a 1843 Southey Comm.-pl. Bk. Ser. ii. (1849) 535 Curious Cure for the Springhalt. |
| attrib. 1899 Allbutt's Syst. Med. VII. 871 Sudden flexion of the leg or thigh..has been spoken of as ‘Springhalt tic’. Ibid. 876 Sudden flexion of the leg or thigh may result in a spring-halt movement. |