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First published 1983 (DOST Vol. V).
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Quotation dates: 1494
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Pasture, -our, n.2 [e.m.E. pastour (a 1533), OF. pasture, shackle, pastern (mod. Norman dial. pâture) whence also ME. and e.m.E. pastron a pastern.] In heraldry: A ‘fetterlock’. = Manicle n. —1494 Loutfut MS. 41 b (see Manicle n.).