Definitions

from The Century Dictionary.

  • With the hocks turning inward like those of a cow: said of dogs.

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Examples

  • He was just the slightest bit cow-hocked, but not enough to matter.

    Cold Mountain Frazier, Charles, 1950- Cold Mountain 2003

  • He was just the slightest bit cow-hocked, but not enough to matter.

    Cold Mountain Frazier, Charles, 1950- Cold Mountain 1997

  • They were black for the most part, the breed of the war-horse, and very proud in their bearing, but bigger beasts than the native breed, and not so much cow-hocked

    The McBrides A Romance of Arran John Sillars

  • "But, my dear Jerny, you must admit that your 'Clinker' 's inclined to be just -- a le-e-etle cow-hocked, come now, b'gad?"

    The Amateur Gentleman Jeffery Farnol 1915

  • So Betty and the Mistress secured stools for themselves outside the ring and the Master led in Jan to a place among no fewer than twenty-seven other competitors, ranging all the way from a queer little hairless terrier from Brazil, to a huge, badly cow-hocked animal, of perhaps two hundred pounds in weight, said to combine St. Bernard and mastiff blood in his veins.

    Jan A Dog and a Romance 1912

  • "Rather inclined to be cow-hocked," chimed in Lawless.

    Frank Fairlegh Scenes From The Life Of A Private Pupil Frank E. Smedley 1835

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