† inˈcastellated, ppl. a. Obs.
[ad. It. incastellato ‘hoof-bound, that is when a horses hoofe is dride vp, so that it sounds hollow’ (Florio), F. encastelé (1606), according to Hatz.-Darm., related to It. incastare, incastrare to enchase, mortice, insert firmly.]
Hoof-bound (as a horse).
| 1611 Cotgr., Encastellé, incastellated, or narrow-heeled (as a horse). Ibid., Encastelure, a being incastellated, or growing narrow heeled; a vicious, or painfull narrownesse in a horses heele. 1656 Blount Glossogr., Incastellated (Fr. Encastellé), narrow-heeled (as a horse). 1658 in Phillips. 1676–1724 in Coles. |