Source : Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)

Stifle \Sti"fle\, n. [From {Stiff}.] (Far.)
   The joint next above the hock, and near the flank, in the
   hind leg of the horse and allied animals; the joint
   corresponding to the knee in man; -- called also {stifle
   joint}. See Illust. under {Horse}.

   {Stifle bone}, a small bone at the stifle joint; the patella,
      or kneepan.