1. Noun
The cushionlike projection, bearing a tuft of long hair, on the back side of the leg above the hoof of the horse and similar animals. Also, the joint of the limb at this point (between the great pastern bone and the metacarpus), or the tuft of hair.
2. Noun
the joint between the cannon bone and the pastern
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3. Noun
projection behind and above a horse's hoof
Vocabulary classified under Nature and environment
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