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Pastern   Listen
noun
Pastern  n.  
1.
The part of the foot of the horse, and allied animals, between the fetlock and the coffin joint. Note: The upper bone, or phalanx, of the foot is called the great pastern bone; the second, the small pastern bone; and the third, in the hoof, the coffin bone.
Pastern joint, the joint in the hoof of the horse, and allied animals, between the great and small pastern bones.
2.
A shackle for horses while pasturing.
3.
A patten. (Obs.)






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"Pastern" Quotes from Famous Books



... brute made a grab at him with his teeth, met by a smart blow from Richard's fist, which he did not like, and, rearing, would have struck at him with his near fore-foot; but Richard caught it by the pastern, and with his left hand again struck him on the side of the mouth. The brute then submitted to be led out by the halter. And verily he was ugly to behold. His neck stuck straight out, and so did his tail, but the latter went off in ...
— St. George and St. Michael • George MacDonald

... you in the bondage of the camp With a heel-rope on a pastern raw and red, Up and fighting at the stable-picket's tramp With the courage of the way that you were bred; I have seen you standing, broken, in the rain, Lone and fretting for a yesterday's caress; ...
— Punch, or the London Charivari, Vol. 147, September 30, 1914 • Various



Words linked to "Pastern" :   horse's foot, fetter bone, bone



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