| Word | pastern |
|---|---|
| Definition | n. The sloping part of a horse's hoof found between the fetlock and the hoof. |
| Sentence | Vronsky's attention was inadvertently drawn to the stallion's large, exquisite, perfectly regular forms, with wonderful hindquarters and unusually short pasterns, sitting just over the hoof. |
| Source | Anna Karenina, II.XXIV, p.194 Image: Cropped and retouched from original: By Owain Davies - Own work, CC BY 3.0, https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=15364546 |
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