Pasterns sentence example
pasterns
- The Berkshire is a black pig with a pinkish skin, and a little white on the nose, forehead, pasterns, and tip to the tail.
- The withers may be moderately high and thin; the chest well developed, but not too wide or deep; the shoulder should lie well on the chest, and be oblique and well covered with muscle, so as to reduce concussion in galloping; the upper and lower arms should be long and muscular; the knees broad and strong; legs short, flat and broad; fetlock joints large; pasterns strong and of moderate length; the feet should be moderately large, with the heels open and frogs sound - with no signs of contraction.
- This breed is growing rapidly in favour in Canada, but in the United States the Percheron, with its round bone and short pasterns, holds the field.
- The forelegs should be straight with strong pasterns and set well under the body.
- The forelegs should be straight with firm and tight elbows and slightly sloping pasterns.Advertisement
- Cow hocks, weak pasterns, straight stifles, and splay feet are very bad faults.