knee-sprung

Horses that are weak-kneed because of poor conformation, or knee-sprung, are inclined to stumble.

Common Diseases of Farm Animals R. A. Craig

Irving: they were straight, slender, and destitute of those heterodox developments at the joints that render equine legs as hideous deformities as knee-sprung trousers of the present mode.

Lippincott's Magazine, November 1885 Various

I have cured knee-sprung horses with this oil frequently.

The Arabian Art of Taming and Training Wild and Vicious Horses P. R. Kincaid

The over-check is the direct cause of several diseases, and a horse often becomes knee-sprung from its use.

Friends and Helpers Sarah J. Eddy

A cadaverous horse, knee-sprung and wheezy, dragged the van at the gait of a caterpillar.

Ainslee's, Vol. 15, No. 5, June 1905 Various

A horseman would have called him knee-sprung and declared he stumbled.

The Man from the Bitter Roots Caroline Lockhart 1916

Thomas Carlyle's sentences are knee-sprung in front and his phrases are spavined behind, and, therefore, Carlyle has "a style" but not "style."

The Battle of Principles A Study of the Heroism and Eloquence of the Anti-Slavery Conflict Newell Dwight Hillis 1893

"He's beginning to look knee-sprung already," whispered he to Davies, "but I'll brace him if I can."

Under Fire Charles King 1888

Irving: they were straight, slender, and destitute of those heterodox developments at the joints that render equine legs as hideous deformities as knee-sprung trousers of the present mode.

Starlight Ranch and Other Stories of Army Life on the Frontier Charles King 1888