withers

The high part of the back of a horse or other quadruped, located between the shoulder blades.

The highest part of the back of a horse, between the shoulderblades and behind the root of the neck, where the mane ceases to grow: as, a horse 15 hands high at the withers.

The barbs or flukes of a harpoon; the witters: so called by British whalemen.

The ridge between the shoulder bones of a horse, at the base of the neck. See Illust. of horse.

The part of the back of a draft animal or horse that is the highest, between the shoulder blades.

Third-person singular simple present indicative form of wither.

the highest part of the back at the base of the neck of various animals especially draft animals