pastern

pas·tern  (pstrn)

n.

1. The part of a horse's foot between the fetlock and hoof.

2. An analogous part of the leg of a dog or other quadruped.

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[Alteration of Middle English pastron, hobble, pastern, from Old French pasturon, diminutive of pasture, pasture, tether, alteration of *pastoire, from Latin pstria, feminine sing. of pstrius, of herdsmen, from pstor, shepherd; see pastor.]

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pastern [ˈpæstən]

n

1. (Life Sciences & Allied Applications / Zoology) the part of a horse's foot between the fetlock and the hoof

2. (Life Sciences & Allied Applications / Zoology) Also called fetter bone either of the two bones that constitute this part

[from Old French pasturon, from pasture a hobble, from Latin pāstōrius of a shepherd, from pastor]

Thesaurus

Noun

1.

pastern - the part between the fetlock and the hoof fetter bone horse's foot - the hoof of a horse coronet - margin between the skin of the pastern and the horn of the hoof bone, os - rigid connective tissue that makes up the skeleton of vertebrates

Translations

pastern [ˈpæstɜːn] N → cuartilla f (del caballo)