имя существительное бабка (надкопытный сустав ноги у животных)
noun Etymology: Middle French pasturon, from pasture pastern, from Old French empasturer to hobble (a horse), from pasture tether, modification of Late Latin (chorda) pastoria, from Latin, feminine of pastorius of a herdsman, from pastor herdsman — more at pastor 1. a part of the foot of an equine extending from the fetlock to the top of the hoof — see horse illustration 2. a part of the leg of an animal other than an equine that corresponds to the pastern