quittor

English

Alternative forms

Etymology

From Middle English quiter, quitere, quitoure, quiture, quytur, whitour, from Old French cuiture, quiture, probably from Latin coctura[1]. Cognate with Low German kwater, kwader (“rottenness”).

Pronunciation
  • (UK) IPA(key): /ˈkwɪt.ə/
  • Rhymes: -ɪtə(r)
  • Homophone: quitter

Noun

quittor (plural quittors)

  1. A chronic abscess, or fistula of the coronet, in a horse's foot, resulting from inflammation of the tissues investing the coffin bone.

References
  1. http://www.dictionary.com/browse/quittor?s=t
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