Definitions
American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition
- n. The part of the hind leg of a horse or related animal between the stifle and the hock.
- n. Obsolete Galligaskins.
Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
- n. The sweet cherry, Prunus avium.
- n. The common gooseberry.
- n. The hinder part of a horse's thigh, extending from the stifle to the bend of the hock.
Wiktionary
- n. in the plural trousers, hose
- n. part of the hind leg of a horse, which is between the stifle and the hock.
WordNet 3.0
- n. lower part of a horse's thigh between the hock and the stifle
Etymologies
- Probably short for galligaskins. (American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition)
Examples
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“Fantastic stuff: There's an exhaust gaskin, as I believe it's called, the most magnificent battery, and it'll be a great opportunity to find out how brakes work.”
“The wounds had sprawled from cannon to hock to gaskin and were reaching toward the thigh.”
“He was clothed with tatters of old ship's canvas and old sea-cloth, and this extraordinary patchwork was all held together by a system of the most various and incongruous fastenings, brass buttons, bits of stick, and loops of tarry gaskin.”
“The _gaskin_ (19) is the part of the leg immediately above the hock and bounded at the rear by the hamstring.”
The Horsewoman A Practical Guide to Side-Saddle Riding, 2nd. Ed.
“The term, _thigh_, is usually applied to the part of the hind leg above the gaskin; but, correctly speaking, it is the part of the hind leg above the stifle.”
The Horsewoman A Practical Guide to Side-Saddle Riding, 2nd. Ed.
“He was clothed with tatters of old ships 'canvas and old sea-cloth, and this extraordinary patchwork was all held together by a system of the most various and incongruous fastenings, brass buttons, bits of stick, and loops of tarry gaskin.”
“Fantastic stuff: There’s an exhaust gaskin, as I believe it’s called, the most magnificent battery, and it’ll be a great opportunity to find out how brakes work.”
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