pastern
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pastern
- /ˈpæstən/ UK
- /ˈpæstɜːn/ UK
- /ˈpæstəɹn/ US
Where it comes from
From Middle English pastron, pastroun, pasturne, from Old French pasturon, diminutive of pasture (“shackle for a horse in pasture”), alteration of Late Latin pastōria after the suffix -ure.
noun pasterns
- The part of a horse's leg between the fetlock joint and the hoof. It was quite impossible to ride over the deeply-ploughed field; the earth bore only where there was still a little ice, in the thawed furrows the horse's legs sank in above its pasterns.
- A shackle for horses while pasturing.
- A patten. Upright he walks, on pasterns firm and straight; His motions easy; prancing in his gait So straight she walk'd, and on her pasterns high.
Translations
Talk about this word "pastern." Wiktionary, via Micwyn, micwyn.com/word/pastern. Accessed 6 Nov. 2026. pastern. (n.d.). In Wiktionary, via Micwyn. Retrieved November 6, 2026, from https://micwyn.com/word/pastern "pastern." Wiktionary, via Micwyn. Accessed November 6, 2026. https://micwyn.com/word/pastern.Cite this
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title = {pastern},
howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
year = {2026},
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urldate = {2026-11-06}
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