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The part of a horse's leg between the fetlock joint and the hoof.
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A shackle for horses while pasturing.
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A patten.
Examples of pastern in a Sentence
Part of foreleg extending from elbow to pastern.
The single digit consists of a moderate-sized proximal (os suffraginis, or large pastern), a short middle (os coronae, or small pastern), and a wide, semi-lunar, ungual phalanx (os pedis, or coffin bone).
The carpal joint, corresponding to the wrist of man, is commonly called the " knee " of the horse, the joint between the metacarpal and the first phalanx the " fetlock," that between the first and second phalanges the " pastern," and that between the second and third phalanges the " coffin joint."