EGAVE

pastern

About 0.06 uses per million words.

Meaning

  1. noun The part of a horse's leg between the fetlock joint and the hoof.
  2. noun A shackle for horses while pasturing.
  3. noun A patten.

Similar words

fetter bone coronet pedicle horn pad-tree heel underleg poleyn stocking-foot stocking

Often followed by

and joint bone is joints bones of axis or

Word family

pasterns

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