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pas⋅tern

  [pas-tern]
–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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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.
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Main Entry: pas·tern
Pronunciation: 'pas-t&rn
Function: noun
1 : a part of the foot of an equine extending from the fetlock to the top ofthe hoof
2 : a part of the leg of an animal other than an equine that corresponds to the pastern
Merriam-Webster's Medical Dictionary, © 2002 Merriam-Webster, Inc.
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