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pastern

[ pas-tern ]

noun

  1. the part of the foot of a horse, cow, etc., between the fetlock and the hoof.
  2. 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

  1. the part of a horse's foot between the fetlock and the hoof
  2. Also calledfetter bone either of the two bones that constitute this part
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged†2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012
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˜yÐÄvlog History and Origins

Origin of pastern1

First recorded in 1300–50; Middle English pastron “shackle,†probably same word as Middle French pasturon, pastern, from unattested Vulgar Latin ±è²¹²õ³ÙÅ°ù¾±²¹ “herding†+ Middle French -on noun suffix; pastor, -ia
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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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