strangles

noun

1. (uncountable)A disease of horses caused by an infection by the bacterium Streptococcus equi.

   “The Vives, like the strangles, is most incident to young horses, and usually proceeds from the same causes, such as catching cold, being over-heated, or over-worked, about the time of shedding their teeth.”

   “Modern man, wherever he goes, plants the seeds of disaster among all things primitive. His horses and cattle carry ticks and strangles and pleurisy; his sheep carry pest seed[.]”

2. (form-of, plural)plural of strangle

verb

1. (form-of, indicative, present, singular, third-person)third-person singular simple present indicative of strangle