Having spavin (said of a horse). / Old, worn out, obsolete (said figuratively of a person).

A disease of horses characterized by a bony swelling developed on the hock as the result of inflammation of the bones.

plural of spavin

A lesion of the hock joint of the horse, consisting in distension of the capsule enclosing the joint, usually arising suddenly from a sprain in action.

plural of bone spavin

A bony excrescence or hard swelling on the inside of the hock of a horse.

A disease of horses consisting of the swelling of a vein on the inside of the hock, from a checking of the blood.