withers
馬的兩肩骨間隆起處
with·ers /ˈwɪðɚz/ 名詞 複數
馬肩隆
With·ers n. pl. The ridge between the shoulder bones of a horse, at the base of the neck. See Illust. of Horse.
Let the galled jade wince; our withers are unwrung. --Shak.
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withers
n 1: sensibility to trouble (as in the phrase `wring one's
withers'); "the lawsuit was wringing his withers"; "our
withers are unwrung"--Shakespeare
2: the highest part of the back at the base of the neck of
various animals especially draft animals