PASTERN
- a part of a horse's hoof [n -S]
- a part of a horse's foot [n PASTERNS]
- either of the two bones of this part, the upper or first phalanx (great pastern bone) and the lower or second phalanx (small pastern bone), between which is a joint (pastern joint)
- the part of the foot of a horse, cow, etc., between the fetlock and the hoof