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- Pastern - n. - The part of the foot of the horse, and allied animals, between the fetlock and the coffin joint. See Illust. of Horse.
- Pastern - n. - A shackle for horses while pasturing.
- Pastern - n. - A patten.
- Short-jointed - a. - Having short intervals between the joints; -- said of a plant or an animal, especially of a horse whose pastern is too short.
- Ergot - n. - A stub, like soft horn, about the size of a chestnut, situated behind and below the pastern joint.
- Rat-tail - n. - An excrescence growing from the pastern to the middle of the shank of a horse.
- Instep - n. - That part of the hind leg of the horse and allied animals, between the hock, or ham, and the pastern joint.
- Ringbone - n. - A morbid growth or deposit of bony matter between or on the small pastern and the great pastern bones.
- Fetlock - n. - 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.