Withers

имя существительное [множественное число] 1) холка (у лошади); загривок 2) часть упряжи на холке Например: My withers are unwrung. [пословица] — Моё дело - сторона.

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Withers

noun plural Etymology: probably from obsolete English wither- against, from Middle English, from Old English, from wither against; from the withers being the parts which resist the pull in drawing a load — more at with 1. the ridge between the shoulder bones of a horse — see horse illustration 2. a part corresponding to the withers in a quadruped (as a dog) other than a horse

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