withers

Etymology
From dialectal English (compare wither-) ; see. So-named because it is the part of the horse that pushes against a load. Compare 🇨🇬, from +.

Noun

 * 1) The part of the back of a four-legged animal that is between the shoulder blades; in many species the highest point of the body and the standard place to measure the animal's height.

Usage notes
Even in the plural, this noun refers to one object. The synonymous singular,, is less common.

Translations

 * Catalan:, creuera
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 * Galician: cernella, ,
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 * Welsh: cudyn ysgwydd