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

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 Conte
  • The 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