Definition for CREP'ANCE, or CREP'ANE

CREP'ANCE, or CREP'ANE, n. [L. crepo, to burst.]

A chop or cratch in a horse's leg, caused by the shoe of one hind foot crossing and striking the other hind foot. It sometimes degenerates into an ulcer. – Encyc.

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