withers
/ˈwɪðəz/plural noun
- the highest part of a horse's back, lying at the base of the neck above the shoulders. The height of a horse is measured to the withers.马肩隆（马背最高处, 位于马肩胛以上, 马脖子基部, 马的高度以此为准）。
词源
early 16th cent.: apparently a reduced form of widersome, from obsolete wither- 'against， contrary' (as the part that resists the strain of the collar) + a second element of obscure origin.