'Coffin bone' definitions:

Definition of 'Coffin bone'

From: GCIDE
  • Coffin \Cof"fin\ (?; 115), n. [OE., a basket, receptacle, OF. cofin, fr. L. cophinus. See Coffer, n.]
  • 1. The case in which a dead human body is inclosed for burial. [1913 Webster]
  • They embalmed him [Joseph], and he was put in a coffin. --Gen. 1. 26. [1913 Webster]
  • 2. A basket. [Obs.] --Wyclif (matt. xiv. 20). [1913 Webster]
  • 3. A casing or crust, or a mold, of pastry, as for a pie. [1913 Webster]
  • Of the paste a coffin I will rear. --Shak. [1913 Webster]
  • 4. A conical paper bag, used by grocers. [Obs.] --Nares. [1913 Webster]
  • 5. (Far.) The hollow crust or hoof of a horse's foot, below the coronet, in which is the coffin bone. [1913 Webster]
  • Coffin bone, the foot bone of the horse and allied animals, inclosed within the hoof, and corresponding to the third phalanx of the middle finger, or toe, of most mammals.
  • Coffin joint, the joint next above the coffin bone. [1913 Webster]

Definition of 'coffin bone'

From: GCIDE
  • Pastern \Pas"tern\, n. [Of. pasturon, F. p[^a]turon, fr. OF. pasture a tether, for beasts while pasturing; prop., a pasturing. See Pasture.]
  • 1. The part of the foot of the horse, and allied animals, between the fetlock and the coffin joint. See Illust. of Horse. [1913 Webster]
  • Note: The upper bone, or phalanx, of the foot is called the great pastern bone; the second, the {small pastern bone}; and the third, in the hoof, the coffin bone. [1913 Webster]
  • Pastern joint, the joint in the hoof of the horse, and allied animals, between the great and small pastern bones. [1913 Webster]
  • 2. A shackle for horses while pasturing. --Knight. [1913 Webster]
  • 3. A patten. [Obs.] --Dryden. [1913 Webster]