periople

See also: périople

English

Etymology

French périople, from Ancient Greek.

Noun

periople (plural not attested)

1. (anatomy) The external smooth horny layer of a hoof.

Translations

external smooth layer of a hoof

• French: muraille (fr) f

Part or all of this entry has been imported from the 1913 edition of Webster’s Dictionary, which is now free of copyright and hence in the public domain. The imported definitions may be significantly out of date, and any more recent senses may be completely missing.
(See the entry for “periople”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.)