ewe-neck
Americannoun
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a thin hollow neck, low in front of the shoulder, as of a horse or other animal.
noun
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a condition in horses in which the neck is straight and sagging rather than arched
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a horse or other animal with this condition
Other Word Forms
- ewe-necked adjective
Etymology
Origin of ewe-neck
First recorded in 1695–1705
Example Sentences
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He was a limpsey, long-legged, shaggy animal, with a ewe-neck, drooping head, and little, undecided tail, completely knotted up with burs; but then he was only five years old.
From The Three Brides, Love in a Cottage, and Other Tales by Durivage, Francis A. (Francis Alexander)
But the Colonel said that he must go, and he was cast in due form and replaced by a washy, bay beast, as ugly as a mule, with a ewe-neck, rat-tail, and cow-hocks.
From Indian Tales by Kipling, Rudyard
But the Colonel said that he must go, and he was cast in due form and replaced by a washy, bay beast as ugly as a mule, with a ewe-neck, rat-tail, and cow-hocks.
From Plain Tales from the Hills by Kipling, Rudyard
But the Colonel said that he must go, and he was cast in due form and replaced by a washy, bay beast as ugly as a mule, with a ewe-neck, rat-tail, and cow- hocks.
From The Works of Rudyard Kipling One Volume Edition by Kipling, Rudyard
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