pas|tern

pas|tern
pas|tern «PAS tuhrn», noun.
1. the part of a horse's foot between the fetlock and the hoof.
2. the corresponding part in related animals, such as a donkey, mule, or cow.
3. either of two bones of this part, the upper or great pastern bone and the lower or small pastern bone, connected at a joint, the pastern joint.
[Middle English pastron < Old French pasturon (diminutive) < pasture pastern; shackle; pasture]

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