Free Cowboy Dictionary – Letter Q – useful words of the cowboy lifestyle – definitions, terminology, slang, jargon, word origins

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Quarter Crack – A crack that runs from the coronet band down into the hoof.

Quarter Horse – A horse originally bred for sprinting in quarter-mile races in colonial America.

Quarter Straps – See Spider Straps.

Quidding – Dropping of partially chewed feed by a horse. Quidding may be caused by dental problems or cranial nerve damage.

Quirt – Likely derived from the German word for whip, Gerte. A weighted, short-handled whip with a leather popper or lash at one end and a hand loop at the other. Not very useful when applied to the rider’s horse, it is more useful for moving cattle when working within a herd.

Quittor – An infection of cartilage in the foot extending through the skin in the coronet — the soft tissue above the hoof — which may result from a puncture wound through the sole. Symptoms may incude lameness, heat, swelling, or a foul-smelling discharge. Rare today, it used to be common in working draft horses.

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