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pastern

pas·tern

UK/ˈpæstən/ US/ˈpæstɜːn/ uncommon obsolete

noun

1.

the part between the fetlock and the hoof

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From Middle English pastron, pastroun, pasturne, from Old French pasturon, diminutive of pasture (“shackle for a horse in pasture”), alteration of Late Latin pastōria after the suffix -ure.

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