Home › Words › C › crepancecrepancecrepance · noun — an injury in a horse's leg, caused by the shoe of one hind foot striking and cutting the other leg, and sometimes causing an ulcer.Definition from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 3.0).EtymologyCompare Latin crepare (“to crack”).nounAn injury in a horse's leg, caused by the shoe of one hind foot striking and cutting the other leg, and sometimes causing an ulcer.Definitions & examples from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 3.0).Words closest in meaningBy meaning, not spelling — each word's AI semantic fingerprint, nearest first.crepature 56% match — a rupture, hernia vs crepance →croupade 55% match — A leap in which the horse pulls its hind legs up towards the belly. vs crepance →splints 55% match — an equine ailment vs crepance →equinism 54% match — A horselike gait sometimes resulting from gunshot injury to the legs. vs crepance →crepital 53% match — Of, relating to, or characterised by crepitus. vs crepance →bleyme 53% match — An inflammation in the foot of a horse, between the sole and the bone. vs crepance →varisse 53% match — An imperfection on the inside of the hind leg in horses, different from a curb, but at the same height, and often growing to an unsightly size. vs crepance →crepida 53% match — A type of footwear consisting of a sole attached to the foot with fairly elaborate straps, distinguished by the Ancient Greeks and Ancient Romans from sandals proper but now usually considered a style of sandal. vs crepance →