HOUGH

(Pronounced hock,) to hamstring, or cut the cords of the hind legs. The horse taken by David from the Syrians were thus disabled, Jos 11:6,9; 2Sa 8:4.

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Hough. Hough
To hamstring, i.e., sever the “tendon of Achilles” of the hinder legs of captured horses (Josh. 11:6; 2 Sam. 8:4; 1 Chr. 18:4), so as to render them useless.

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hough. Hough, [hok] n. the lower part of the thigh