quittor means A chronic abscess, or fistula of the coronet, in a horse's foot, resulting from inflammation of the tissues investing the coffin bone.
quittor is pronounced /ˈkwɪt.ə(ɹ)/.
Etymology
From Middle English quiter, quitere, quitoure, quiture, quytur, whitour, from Old French cuiture, quiture, probably from Latin coctura. Cognate with Low German kwater, kwader (“rottenness”).
noun
- A chronic abscess, or fistula of the coronet, in a horse's foot, resulting from inflammation of the tissues investing the coffin bone.
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