ˈcock-throppled
Also -thrappled.
[lit. ‘having the thropple like that of a cock’.]
Of a horse: Having the wind-pipe, when he bridles, curved like a bow.
| 1617 Markham Caval. iii. 15 The throppell..should when the horse reyneth be straight and euen, not bending like a bowe which is called cock-throppled, and is the greatest signe of an ill winde. 1720 W. Gibson Diet Horses i. (ed. 3) 13 All such Horses are said to be Cock-thropled. 1834–43 Southey Doctor cxliii. (D.), He was not..neck-reversed, or cock-thrappled, ewe-necked or deer-necked. |