gas|kin

gas|kin
gas|kin1 «GAS kihn», noun.
1. the upper part of a horse's hind leg, between the stifle and the hock.
2. Obsolete. galligaskins.
[perhaps short for galligaskins]
gas|kin2 «GAS kihn», noun.
= gasket. (Cf.gasket)

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