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Definition of pastern : 1. A patten.
2. A shackle for horses while pasturing.
3. The part of the foot of the horse, and allied animals, between the fetlock and the coffin joint. See Illust. of Horse.

Synonyms:

fetter bone

Usage examples:

• Sometimes, from no visible cause, large pieces of skin slough from the heel and pastern. - "Special Report on Diseases of Cattle", U.S. Department of Agriculture J.R. Mohler.
• The lower part of the limb of a cow, showing the loss of skin and flesh in a narrow ring around the pastern bone and the exposure of the bone itself. - "Special Report on Diseases of Cattle", U.S. Department of Agriculture J.R. Mohler.
• We have in our possession the fragments of the small pastern of a horse, the bone having been broken into seventeen pieces, by a slight concussion, without any apparent injury to the skin and cellular substance; not the slightest external injury could be perceived. - "The American Reformed Cattle Doctor", George Dadd.