cold-back
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5ADJ.
other
VERB + COLD-BACK
exhibit, horses
COLD-BACK + NOUN
bronc, sumbitch
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in
ADV.
namely, only
Definitions
noun
A syndrome in which a horse refuses to accept anything on its back (often a symptom of chronic lower back soreness)
It is difficult to compare the human counterpart of what Jeffcott describes as another 'well known' problem in horses, namely, "cold-back".
Such maladies as osteoarthritis of various joints (spavin in the hocks, ringbone in the pasterns, osselets in the fetlocks, navicular disease in the heels of the forefeet) are very common, as is chronic lower back soreness (coldback) in the lumbar, sacral, and thoracic regions.
A horse with cold-back.
"Guess he's a cold-back," Slim observed when Blackie had calmed down somewhat.
The stud colt had taken to halter and bit easily enough, but he was a coldback. He had shied at the blanket and rejected the weighted feed sacks Adam had hung over his back before introducing the saddle.
adj
Refusing to bear weight on its back; bucking and shying when anything is put on the back.
A cold-back bronc raises his head up high as a single cowboy walks toward him to mount in the cold morning air.
You go back to the corral and saddle that cold-back sumbitch and put on your chaps and spurs.
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5It is difficult to compare the human counterpart of what Jeffcott describes as another 'well known' problem in horses, namely, "cold-back".
WiktionarySuch maladies as osteoarthritis of various joints (spavin in the hocks, ringbone in the pasterns, osselets in the fetlocks, navicular disease in the heels of the forefeet) are very common, as is chron
WiktionaryIf horses exhibit a cold-back, it may well signify an underlying problem, but some horses that have only a cold-back and no other signs or performance deficit can be managed by lunging before riding o
WiktionaryA cold-back bronc raises his head up high as a single cowboy walks toward him to mount in the cold morning air.
WiktionaryYou go back to the corral and saddle that cold-back sumbitch and put on your chaps and spurs.
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