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gas·kin

(găs′kĭn)

1. The part of the hind leg of a horse or related animal between the stifle and the hock.

2. gaskins Obsolete Galligaskins.

[Probably short for galligaskins.]

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gaskin

(ˈɡæskɪn)

1. (Zoology) the lower part of a horse's thigh, between the hock and the stifle

2. (Horse Training, Riding & Manège) the lower part of a horse's thigh, between the hock and the stifle

[C16: perhaps shortened from galligaskins]

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gas•kin

(ˈgæs kɪn)

n.

1. the part of the hind leg of a horse or other hoofed mammal between the stifle and the hock.

2. gaskins, Obs. hose or breeches; galligaskins.

[1565–75; perhaps shortened form of galligaskins]

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gaskin - lower part of a horse's thigh between the hock and the stifle

Equus caballus, horse - solid-hoofed herbivorous quadruped domesticated since prehistoric times

hind leg - the back limb of a quadruped

body part - any part of an organism such as an organ or extremity

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