A Horsie I Think

Still looking at clouds. I’m usually not that good about seeing shapes in them (for example, some of my finest work is pretty basic, at best) but this one just leapt out at me this evening.

It’s running from left to right, and its head is turned to look at me. See it? Tail, hooves, ears, butt?

Wait, aren’t horse butts called “withers?” Eeeehhhh! 🚨🚨🚨Wrong! 🚨🚨🚨 The shoulders, or highest point on the back, are the withers. So what is the back end called? Just horse butts?

If we’re going to buy a horse property for our Forever Home (we’re NOT!) I’m going to have to learn the lingo.

(It’s apparently “hindquarters,” and the high point of the hindquarters is called the “croup.”)

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