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Ridge at the base of a horse'd neck, from which its height is measured
Answer for the clue "Ridge at the base of a horse'd neck, from which its height is measured ", 7 letters:
withers
Alternative clues for the word withers
- Loses vitality
- Highest part of a horse's back
- Sensibility to trouble (as in the phrase
- Part of a horse between the shoulder blades
- Part between a horse's shoulder blades
- The highest part of the back at the base of the neck of various animals especially draft animals
- Wither, esp. with a loss of moisture
- Shrivels
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The withers is the ridge between the shoulder blades of an animal, typically a quadruped . In many species it is the tallest point of the body, and in horses and dogs it is the standard place to measure the animal's height (in contrast, cattle are normally ...
Usage examples of withers.
As it withers, the many-pointed leaf of the white bryony and the bine as it shrivels, in like manner, do their part.
Mr Boffin, who hear it, rejoiced within himself, comforting himself with the reflection that his withers were unwrung, and thinking with what pleasure he might carry the anecdote into the farthest corners of the clubs.