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withers

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"Horse shoulder ridge"

7 letters · collected on this word page

7 lettersPronunciation /ˈwɪð.ɚz/Part of speech nounSorted ehirstwStarts with WEnds with S1 cluesCommon crossword word
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Definitions

  1. the highest part of the back at the base of the neck of various animals especially draft animals

Word origin

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”).

Used in a sentence

  • On the normier part of the spectrum are liberal influencers like Dean Withers and Harry Sisson, who have transferred the “debate me, bro” spirit of early YouTube to TikTok Live.

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