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Dictionary.com Unabridged (v 1.1) - Cite This Source - Share This
pas·tern       [pas-tern] Pronunciation Key
–noun
1.the part of the foot of a horse, cow, etc., between the fetlock and the hoof.
2.either of the two bones of this part, the upper or first phalanx (great pastern bone) and the lower or second phalanx (small pastern bone), between which is a joint (pastern joint).
[Origin: 1300–50; ME pastron shackle, prob. same word as MF pasturon, pastern < VL *pastōria herding (see pastor, -ia) + MF -on n. suffix]
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American Heritage Dictionary - Cite This Source - Share This
pas·tern       (pās'tərn)  Pronunciation Key 
n.  
  1. The part of a horse's foot between the fetlock and hoof.
  2. An analogous part of the leg of a dog or other quadruped.


[Alteration of Middle English pastron, hobble, pastern, from Old French pasturon, diminutive of pasture, pasture, tether, alteration of *pastoire, from Latin pāstōria, feminine sing. of pāstōrius, of herdsmen, from pāstor, shepherd; see pastor.]

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Online Etymology Dictionary - Cite This Source - Share This
pastern 
1284, "shackle fixed on the foot of a horse or other beast," from O.Fr. pasturon, dim. of pasture "shackle for a horse in pasture," from V.L. *pastoria, noun use of fem. of L. pastorius "of herdsmen," from pastor "shepherd" (see pastor). Metathesis of -r- and following vowel occurred 1500s. Sense extended (1530) to part of the leg to which the tether was attached.

Online Etymology Dictionary, © 2001 Douglas Harper
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pastern

noun
the part between the fetlock and the hoof 

WordNet® 3.0, © 2006 by Princeton University.
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Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary - Cite This Source - Share This

Pastern

Pas"tern\, n. [Of. pasturon, F. p[^a]turon, fr. OF. pasture a tether, for beasts while pasturing; prop., a pasturing. See Pasture.]

1. The part of the foot of the horse, and allied animals, between the fetlock and the coffin joint. See Illust. of Horse.

Note: The upper bone, or phalanx, of the foot is called the great pastern bone; the second, the small pastern bone; and the third, in the hoof, the coffin bone.

Pastern joint, the joint in the hoof of the horse, and allied animals, between the great and small pastern bones.

2. A shackle for horses while pasturing. --Knight.

3. A patten. [Obs.] --Dryden.

Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary, © 1996, 1998 MICRA, Inc.
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