? Obs. [a. F. areste (14–16th c. arreste):—L. arista: see ARÊTE.] (See quot.; both senses occur in mod.Fr.)
1639. T. de Grey, Compl. Horsem., 81. Rat-tayles … which now we doe call the Arraistes.
1731. Bailey, Arrests, mangey tumours upon the sinews of the hinder-legs of a horse between the ham and the pastern. Ibid. (1742), Arrests, the small Bones of a Fish.
1753. Chambers, Cycl. Supp., Arrests or Arrets, among farriers … called also Rat-tails. The name is taken from the resemblance they bear to the Arretes, or backbones of fishes.
