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pastern

pas·tern [ pástərn ] (plural pas·terns)


noun 
Definition:
 
1. part of horse's foot: the part of a horse's foot between the fetlock and the top of the hoof

2. bone in horse's foot: either of two bones in a horse's foot that connect the hoof with the fetlock

[13th century. < Old French pasturon< pasture "hobble for a pastured animal" < Latin pascere "to feed"]
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