coffin bone
noun
the terminal phalanx in the foot of the horse and allied animals, enclosed in the hoof.
Origin of coffin bone
First recorded in 1710–20
Words nearby coffin bone
coffer,
cofferdam,
coffered,
coffeyville,
coffin,
coffin bone,
coffin corner,
coffin nail,
coffin-siris syndrome,
coffinite,
coffle
Example sentences from the Web for coffin bone
Yes, the one toe of a horse has all the three joints like ours.126 The coffin-bone is the last joint, and the hoof is the nail.
Evolution |Joseph Le ConteThe terminal phalanx, or coffin-bone, has a shallow median bone in front, as in many species of this group in the later tertiary.
A History of Science, Volume 3(of 5) |Henry Smith Williams
British Dictionary definitions for coffin bone
coffin bone
noun
the terminal phalangeal bone inside the hoof of the horse and similar animals