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pastern

noun · 4 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot

Definitions and examples are grouped by meaning. Pronunciation, history, word forms, translations, descendants, synonyms, antonyms, derived terms, and related words appear whenever the source provides them.

Sound

Pronunciation

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  • UK: /ˈpæstən/
  • UK: /ˈpæstɜːn/
  • Southern-England: Recorded audio is listed in the source snapshot.
  • US: /ˈpæstəɹn/

1

noun

Meaning 1

The part of a horse's leg between the fetlock joint and the hoof.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

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Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

2

noun

Meaning 2

A shackle for horses while pasturing.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: obsolete

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

3

noun

Meaning 3

A patten.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: obsolete

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Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

4

noun

Meaning 4

the part between the fetlock and the hoof

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: fetter bone

Antonyms: none provided

Broader terms: bone, os

History

Etymology

From Middle English pastron, pastroun, pasturne, from Old French pasturon, diminutive of pasture (“shackle for a horse in pasture”), alteration of Late Latin pastōria after the suffix -ure.

Across languages

Translations

26 source translations are retained for this English entry.

  • Azerbaijani: buxovluq — area on a horse's leg
  • Azerbaijani: bağancaq — area on a horse's leg
  • Bulgarian: надкопитна става (nadkopitna stava) — area on a horse's leg
  • Catalan: travador — area on a horse's leg
  • Dutch: koot — area on a horse's leg
  • Esperanto: pasterno — area on a horse's leg
  • Finnish: vuohinen — area on a horse's leg
  • French: paturon — area on a horse's leg
  • German: Fessel — area on a horse's leg
  • German: Köte — area on a horse's leg
  • Hungarian: csüd — area on a horse's leg
  • Icelandic: hófhvarf — area on a horse's leg
  • Ingrian: poohan — area on a horse's leg
  • Ingrian: babka — area on a horse's leg
  • Maranao: bakowaw — area on a horse's leg
  • Middle English: pastroun — area on a horse's leg
  • Polish: pęcina — area on a horse's leg
  • Portuguese: quartela — area on a horse's leg
  • Russian: ба́бка (bábka) — area on a horse's leg
  • Serbo-Croatian: puto — area on a horse's leg
  • Spanish: cuartilla — area on a horse's leg
  • Turkish: bukağılık — area on a horse's leg
  • Ottoman Turkish: بوقاغیلق (bukağılık) — area on a horse's leg
  • Ottoman Turkish: بیلكچه (bilekçe) — area on a horse's leg
  • Welsh: egwyd — area on a horse's leg
  • Welsh: meilwng — area on a horse's leg