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s'arracher un glôme


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09:22 Aug 1, 2009
French to English translations [PRO]
Livestock / Animal Husbandry / Equestrian
French term or phrase: s'arracher un glôme
A stallion who is out of the European Championships (one of France's leading hopes in the pony show jumping) - clearly injured after a fall in the warm up.

le poney s'était arraché un glôme en tombant à la détente.
Nedhead
Local time: 20:40


Summary of answers provided
4 +1a glome was torn off when the pony...
Amanda Ménage


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8 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 4/5Answerer confidence 4/5 peer agreement (net): +1
arraché un glôme
a glome was torn off when the pony...


Explanation:
or "the pony lost a glome when..."


Main Entry:
glome
Pronunciation:
\ˈglōm\
Function:
noun
: a prominent rounded part of the frog of a horse's hoof on each side of the cleft

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Note added at 25 mins (2009-08-01 09:48:09 GMT)
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If you feel details are superfluous (glome does not appear to be a widely used term in English, at least on the internet), you could simply say "the pony injured his hoof when..."

Amanda Ménage
France
Local time: 20:40
Native speaker of: Native in EnglishEnglish
Notes to answerer
Asker: Then presumably the glome would be the bulb of the heel. I've been with horses for years and have never heard the term 'glome'.


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agree  Anne-Marie Grant: the pony injured his hoof
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Changes made by editors
Aug 4, 2009 - Changes made by Tony M:
Term askedarraché un glôme => s\'arracher un glôme


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