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PASTEBOARD

Volume 17 · 70 words · 1842 Edition

a kind of thick paper, formed of several single sheets pasted one upon another. The chief use of pasteboard is for binding books, making letter-cases, and other articles.

PASTERN of a Horse, in the manège, is the distance between the joint next the foot and the coronet of the hoof. This part should be short, especially in middle sized-horses, because long pasterns are weak, and cannot so well endure travelling.