I received an email from a friend, and this is what
it said about "fetlock"....



Oh, one more question, since I have you on the line. What is the meaning of the old expression, "Taking time by the fetlock?" It is used a few times in Little Women, I looked it up but I don't quite get it. Can you help?


"Little Women" is Louisa May Alcott, if I remember correctly.
I've looked up fetlock on every site I can think of, and
all I get is references to horse ankles. I thought it
might be something like 'carpe diem' but that makes little
sense. "Up the the fetlocks" is used by Shakespeare, in
"blood and gore" in some play with war. But taking time
by the fetlock seems to make little sense.

Last edited by LukeJavan8; 12/31/10 03:34 AM.
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