Păs'tern, n.

n. [O. Fr. pasturon, N. Fr. pâturon.] 1. The part of a horse’s leg between the fetlock joint and the hoof. The first phalanx of the foot is called the great pastern bone; the second, the small pastern, or the coronary; the third, the coffin-bone, which is inclosed in the foot. 2. The human leg, in contempt. Dryden. 3. A patten. [Obs.] Dryden.