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Definitions of pastern in various dictionaries:
noun - the part between the fetlock and the hoof
The part of a horse’s foot between the fetlock and hoof.
An analogous part of the leg of a dog or other quadruped.
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| the sloping part of a horse's foot between the fetlock and the hoof. |
| the part between the fetlock and the hoof |
| The part of a horse's foot between the fetlock and hoof. |
| An analogous part of the leg of a dog or other quadruped. |
| Pastern description |
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| The pastern is a part of the leg of a horse between the fetlock and the top of the hoof. It incorporates the long pastern bone (proximal phalanx) and the short pastern bone (middle phalanx), which are held together by two sets of paired ligaments to form the pastern joint (proximal interphalangeal joint). Anatomically homologous to the two largest bones found in the human finger, the pastern was famously mis-defined by Samuel Johnson in his dictionary as "the knee of a horse". When a lady asked Johnson how this had happened, he gave the much-quoted reply: "Ignorance, madam, pure ignorance."* |