withers

n. (pl.) ridge between a horse’s shoulderblades,neck-joints 马肩胛骨之间的突起部，颈关节。
△Ham.3.2.256 (242): “Let the galled jade winch.our withers are unwrung.”i.e.We need worry onlyabout what affects ourselves; let the guilty cringe,ourconscience is clear. 让那背上磨伤的马去惊跳退缩吧，我们的脊梁并没有被挤疼。
△1H.IV.2.1.7 (6): “Poor jade iswrung in the withers，”可怜的马儿肩骨都擦破了。