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Highest part of a horse's back
Answer for the clue "Highest part of a horse's back ", 7 letters:
withers
Alternative clues for the word withers
- Loses freshness
- Dries up in the sun
- The highest part of the back at the base of the neck of various animals especially draft animals
- Part between a horse's shoulder blades
- Wither, esp. with a loss of moisture
- Lose freshness, vigor, or vitality
- Part of a horse between the shoulder blades
- US singer-songwriter accompanying Queen at the end of gigs
Word definitions for withers in dictionaries
Wikipedia
Word definitions in Wikipedia
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 ...
The Collaborative International Dictionary
Word definitions in The Collaborative International Dictionary
Withers \With"ers\, n. pl. [Properly, the parts which resist the pull or strain in drawing a load; fr. OE. wither resistance, AS. wi[eth]re, fr. wi[eth]er against; akin to G. widerrist withers. See With , prep.] The ridge between the shoulder bones of a ...
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.