Pastern Definition

păstərn
noun
The part of the foot of a horse, sheep, etc. just above the hoof or toes.
Webster's New World
An analogous part of the leg of a dog or other quadruped.
American Heritage Medicine
Synonyms:
  • fetter bone

Other Word Forms of Pastern

Noun

Singular:
pastern
Plural:
pasterns

Origin of Pastern

  • Alteration of Middle English pastron hobble, pastern from Old French pasturon diminutive of pasture pasture, tether alteration of pastoire from Latin pāstōria feminine sing. of pāstōrius of herdsmen from pāstor shepherd pastor

    From American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition

  • From Old French pasturon (French pâturon), from pasture "˜shackle' (from Latin pastoria "˜shackle for pastured animal's foot') + diminutive suffix.

    From Wiktionary

Pastern Sentence Examples

  • Part of foreleg extending from elbow to pastern.

  • The single digit consists of a moderate-sized proximal (os suffraginis, or large pastern), a short middle (os coronae, or small pastern), and a wide, semi-lunar, ungual phalanx (os pedis, or coffin bone).

  • The carpal joint, corresponding to the wrist of man, is commonly called the " knee " of the horse, the joint between the metacarpal and the first phalanx the " fetlock," that between the first and second phalanges the " pastern," and that between the second and third phalanges the " coffin joint."

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Words Starting With

PPAPAS

Words Ending With

NRNERN

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Words Starting With P and Ending With N

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