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gaskin

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gas·kin  (gskn)
n.
1. The part of the hind leg of a horse or related animal between the stifle and the hock.
2. gaskins Obsolete Galligaskins.
[Probably short for galligaskins.]
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Noun1.gaskin - lower part of a horse's thigh between the hock and the stifle
Equus caballus, horse - solid-hoofed herbivorous quadruped domesticated since prehistoric times
hind leg - the back limb of a quadruped
body part - any part of an organism such as an organ or extremity
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He was clothed with tatters of old ship's canvas and old sea-cloth, and this extraordinary patchwork was all held together by a system of the most various and incongruous fastenings, brass buttons, bits of stick, and loops of tarry gaskin.
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