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pastern
[ pas-tern ]
noun
- the part of the foot of a horse, cow, etc., between the fetlock and the hoof.
- either of the two bones of this part, the upper or first phalanx great pastern bone,orfetter bone and the lower or second phalanx small pastern bone, between which is a joint pastern joint.
pastern
/ ˈ±èæ²õ³ÙÉ™²Ô /
noun
- the part of a horse's foot between the fetlock and the hoof
- Also calledfetter bone either of the two bones that constitute this part
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˜yÐÄvlog History and Origins
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˜yÐÄvlog History and Origins
Origin of pastern1
C14: from Old French pasturon, from pasture a hobble, from Latin ±èÄå²õ³ÙÅ°ù¾±³Ü²õ of a shepherd, from pastor
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On Saturday morning, Battle of Midway suffered a fracture of his hind pastern during a timed workout.
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Racing Victoria said the horse was spooked by a flag waved by a person in the crowd and, in retreating, kicked out and fractured a pastern bone in its hind leg on a fence.
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Beholder returned for the first time since June 7 after getting a cut on her left hind pastern in a race on that day’s Belmont Stakes undercard.
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Good horse with regular markings, like a left hind white pastern extending on back of ankle.
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To be sure, how neat she steps upon her pasterns!
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