"pastern" meaning in English

See pastern in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Noun

IPA: /ˈpæstən/ [UK], /ˈpæstɜːn/ [UK], /ˈpæstəɹn/ [US] Audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-pastern.wav [Southern-England] Forms: pasterns [plural]
Etymology: From Middle English pastron, pastroun, pasturne, from Old French pasturon, diminutive of pasture (“shackle for a horse in pasture”), from Vulgar Latin pastōriā. Etymology templates: {{inh|en|enm|pastron}} Middle English pastron, {{m|enm|pastroun}} pastroun, {{m|enm|pasturne}} pasturne, {{der|en|fro|pasturon}} Old French pasturon, {{m|fro|pasture|t=shackle for a horse in pasture}} pasture (“shackle for a horse in pasture”), {{der|en|VL.|pastōriā}} Vulgar Latin pastōriā Head templates: {{en-noun}} pastern (plural pasterns)
  1. The part of a horse's leg between the fetlock joint and the hoof. Categories (lifeform): Animal body parts, Horses Translations (area on a horse's leg): buxovluq (Azerbaijani), bağancaq (Azerbaijani), надкопитна става (nadkopitna stava) [feminine] (Bulgarian), travador [masculine] (Catalan), koot [feminine] (Dutch), pasterno (Esperanto), vuohinen (Finnish), paturon [masculine] (French), Fessel [feminine] (German), Köte [feminine] (German), csüd (Hungarian), hófhvarf [neuter] (Icelandic), bakowaw (Maranao), بوقاغیلق (bukağılık) (Ottoman Turkish), بیلكچه (bilekçe) (Ottoman Turkish), pęcina [feminine] (Polish), ба́бка (bábka) [feminine] (Russian), cuartilla [feminine] (Spanish), bukağılık (Turkish), egwyd [feminine] (Welsh), meilwng [masculine] (Welsh)
    Sense id: en-pastern-en-noun-l3vvzBW6 Disambiguation of Animal body parts: 43 6 51 Disambiguation of Horses: 16 38 46 Disambiguation of "area on a horse's leg": 95 5 0
  2. (obsolete) A shackle for horses while pasturing. Tags: obsolete Categories (lifeform): Horses
    Sense id: en-pastern-en-noun-IDX3I9qA Disambiguation of Horses: 16 38 46
  3. (obsolete) A patten. Tags: obsolete Categories (lifeform): Animal body parts, Horses
    Sense id: en-pastern-en-noun-BgGC7D9i Disambiguation of Animal body parts: 43 6 51 Disambiguation of Horses: 16 38 46 Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English entries with topic categories using raw markup Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 22 30 48 Disambiguation of English entries with topic categories using raw markup: 8 12 79

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      "lang": "Ottoman Turkish",
      "roman": "bukağılık",
      "sense": "area on a horse's leg",
      "word": "بوقاغیلق"
    },
    {
      "code": "ota",
      "lang": "Ottoman Turkish",
      "roman": "bilekçe",
      "sense": "area on a horse's leg",
      "word": "بیلكچه"
    },
    {
      "code": "pl",
      "lang": "Polish",
      "sense": "area on a horse's leg",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "pęcina"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "bábka",
      "sense": "area on a horse's leg",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "ба́бка"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "area on a horse's leg",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "cuartilla"
    },
    {
      "code": "tr",
      "lang": "Turkish",
      "sense": "area on a horse's leg",
      "word": "bukağılık"
    },
    {
      "code": "cy",
      "lang": "Welsh",
      "sense": "area on a horse's leg",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "egwyd"
    },
    {
      "code": "cy",
      "lang": "Welsh",
      "sense": "area on a horse's leg",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "meilwng"
    }
  ],
  "wikipedia": [
    "pastern"
  ],
  "word": "pastern"
}

This page is a part of the kaikki.org machine-readable English dictionary. This dictionary is based on structured data extracted on 2024-05-06 from the enwiktionary dump dated 2024-05-02 using wiktextract (f4fd8c9 and c9440ce). The data shown on this site has been post-processed and various details (e.g., extra categories) removed, some information disambiguated, and additional data merged from other sources. See the raw data download page for the unprocessed wiktextract data.

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