sidebone

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noun

A morbid growth or deposit of bony matter at the sides of the coronet and coffin bone of a horse.

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Meanings

nounsidebone (plural sidebones)

plural sidebones

  1. A morbid growth or deposit of bony matter at the sides of the coronet and coffin bone of a horse.

    ringbone and sidebone co-exist in the same leg, […]where the three bones are completely anchylosed

    1861, John Henry Walsh, The Horse in the Stable and in the Field

Origin

From side + bone.

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Cite this entry
APA

sidebone. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/sidebone

MLA

“sidebone.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/sidebone. Accessed November 3, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “sidebone,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/sidebone.

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