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
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
Oxford English vocab. Оксфордский английский словарь. 2012