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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 pasterns in a Sentence
The Berkshire is a black pig with a pinkish skin, and a little white on the nose, forehead, pasterns, and tip to the tail.
The withers may be moderately high and thin; the chest well developed, but not too wide or deep; the shoulder should lie well on the chest, and be oblique and well covered with muscle, so as to reduce concussion in galloping; the upper and lower arms should be long and muscular; the knees broad and strong; legs short, flat and broad; fetlock joints large; pasterns strong and of moderate length; the feet should be moderately large, with the heels open and frogs sound - with no signs of contraction.
This breed is growing rapidly in favour in Canada, but in the United States the Percheron, with its round bone and short pasterns, holds the field.
The forelegs should be straight with strong pasterns and set well under the body.
The forelegs should be straight with firm and tight elbows and slightly sloping pasterns.
Cow hocks, weak pasterns, straight stifles, and splay feet are very bad faults.