Англо-русский биологический словарь - withers
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1. pl. холка (лошади); загривок 2. шейный ремень; ремень на холке Id: our withers are unwrung —- это нас не касается (упрек и т. п.) ...Новый большой англо-русский словарь
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n.pl. the ridge between a horse's shoulder-blades. Etymology: shortening of (16th-c.) widersome (or -sone) f. wider-, wither- against (cf. WITH), as the part that resists the strain of the collar: second element obscure ...Толковый словарь английского языка Oxford English Reference
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noun plural Etymology: probably from obsolete English wither- against, from Middle English, from Old English, from wither against; from the ~ being the parts which resist the pull in drawing a load — more at with Date: 1580 1. the ridge between the shoulder bones of a horse — see horse illustration 2. a part corresponding to the ~ in a quadruped (as a dog) other than a horse ...Merriam-Webster Collegiate Dictionary
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- 1580, probably from a dialectal survival of O.E. wiрer "against, contrary, opposite" (see with) + plural suffix. Possibly so called because the withers are the parts of the animal that oppose the load. ...Английский Этимологический словарь
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