withers

Meaning

Concepts

withers

back of neck

nape

bunce

luck

Frequency

27k
Hyphenated as
with‧ers
Pronounced as (IPA)
/ˈwɪð.ɚz/
Etymology

From dialectal English wither (“against”) (compare wither-) + -s; see with. So-named because it is the part of the horse that pushes against a load. Compare German Widerrist (“withers”), from wider (“against”) + Rist (“wrist”).

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