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 ).

Origin of pastern

1
First recorded in 1300–50; Middle English pastron “shackle,” probably same word as Middle French pasturon, pastern, from unattested Vulgar Latin pastōria “herding” + Middle French -on noun suffix; see pastor, -ia

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pastern

/ (ˈpæstən) /


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

  2. Also called: fetter bone either of the two bones that constitute this part

Origin of pastern

1
C14: from Old French pasturon, from pasture a hobble, from Latin pāstōrius of a shepherd, from pastor

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