with·ers (w    rz)pl.n. The high part of the back of a horse or similar animal, located between the shoulder blades. [Possibly from obsolete wither-, against (from the strain exerted on them when a horse draws a load), from Middle English, from Old English; see wi- in Indo-European roots.] |
withers [ˈwɪðəz]
pl n
(Life Sciences & Allied Applications / Zoology) the highest part of the back of a horse, behind the neck between the shoulders
[short for widersones, from wider with + -sones, perhaps variant of sinew; related to German Widerrist, Old English withre resistance]
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| Noun | 1. |  withers - the highest part of the back at the base of the neck of various animals especially draft animalsEquus caballus, horse - solid-hoofed herbivorous quadruped domesticated since prehistoric times ox - an adult castrated bull of the genus Bos; especially Bos taurus sheep - woolly usually horned ruminant mammal related to the goat body part - any part of an organism such as an organ or extremity |
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