Also 7 spring-halt, 8 -hault. [app. an alteration of STRINGHALT, through association with SPRING v.1 Cf. WFlem. springhielde spavined.] = STRINGHALT. † Also as adj., affected with stringhalt.
1613. Shaks., Hen. VIII., I. iii. 13. They haue all new legs, And lame ones; one would take it the Spauen A[nd] Spring-halt raind among em.
1639. Crabtree Lect., 67. Thou [a farrier] art troubled with the Spring-halt in thy hippes, the Scratches in thy heels.
1718. Bp. Hutchinson, Witchcraft, ix. 128. Dost thou not twitch up thy Houghs just like a Springhault Tit?
a. 1843. Southey, Comm.-pl. Bk., Ser. II. (1849), 535. Curious Cure for the Springhalt.
attrib. 1899. Allbutts Syst. Med., VII. 871. Sudden flexion of the leg or thigh has been spoken of as Springhalt tic. Ibid., 876. Sudden flexion of the leg or thigh may result in a spring-halt movement.