Hindlock
Definition, Meaning & Examples
Part of speech noun
Quick meaning: Hindlock is a noun meaning A tress or lock of an individual's hair that covers the hind-part of the head.
Meaning
A tress or lock of an individual's hair that covers the hind-part of the head.
More Meanings
- An animal's, particularly a horse's, tail.
Example Sentences
They have the hind-lock of hair known as the kudumi, put on sacred ashes, and paint the point between the eyebrows with a sandal paste dot.
[…] so that those dilatory persons who have not been able to take the old gentleman by the forelock, might catch him as easily as a brother of the sister isle catches a scampering bull by the hindlock, or tail: […]
Word Forms
- hindlocks
- hind-lock
Related Words
Related dictionary entries include forelock, fetlock, foretop, hair, horsehood, hackle.
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