pastern's Usage Examples:

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.

The joint attaching fore-pastern and forearm.

"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).

Cow hocks, weak pasterns, straight stifles, and splay feet are very bad faults.

pastern bone in his off fore.

Part of foreleg extending from elbow to pastern.

The forelegs should be straight with firm and tight elbows and slightly sloping pasterns.

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.

Synonyms:

fetter bone, os, bone, coronet, horse's foot,

Antonyms:

black, boneless,