What does founders mean?

Answer 1

When referring to a ship, foundering means "to fill with water and sink."

Foundering also means "to stumble or fall."

In horses and cattle, foundering (founder) can refer to Laminitis, which is a disease of the hoof wall that causes lameness.

Answer 2

A founder (noun) is someone who creates, or originates the idea or concept for some entity; or is the individual upon whose name, or original work, an organization, state or other entity is built. For example, Cecil Calvert, Lord Baltimore is generally considered the "founder" of the State of Maryland, which was named after Maria, the consort of the British king at the time.

Verb (Boats and Ships)

A watercraft is said to founder when it begins to take on water into the hull and sink. Anything that fails can be said metaphorically to founder.

Horse Illnesses

Founder is a generalized term that relates to the horse becoming lame in the hoof. Most of the time it is referring to a condition properly called laminitis. This is where the laminae of the hoof separates.

Livestock are also said to founder if they become ill from overeating.

Answer 3

the horse has inflammation of the laminae of the hoof.

Answer 4

One who establishes something or formulates the basis for something: the founder of a university; the founders of a new nation.