Use of the word withers in a sentence example

withers

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The rider is patting the withers. [Please select]

He snatched her belt and slung her across his horse's withers before mounting. [Please select]

The African elephant is of larger size as a rule, with enormously developed ears, which quite overlap his withers. [Please select]

At the withers there is a slight elevation, but no protuberance or hump, as in the Indian ox. [Please select]

The neck is short, describing a curvature nearly equal both above and below; the withers high and arched; the rump low. [Please select]

Their height, at the withers, was about ten hands and a half. [Please select]

Holroyd, of Withers, near Leeds, had a cow which calved twins, a bull-calf and a cow-calf. [Please select]

He quivered his little, flea-bitten withers just to show how satisfied he felt; but his heart was not so light. [Please select]

Everard uttered his curt laugh, and switched Tommy's mount across the withers. [Please select]

Her rifle was still in its boot at her pony's withers. [Please select]

3, with slightly higher withers, which gives the appearance of a somewhat low back. [Please select]

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