the highest part of a horse's back, above its shoulders (Probably from wither- , from )
the highest part of the back at the base of the neck of various animals especially draft animals sensibility to trouble (as in the phrase `wring one's withers'); "the lawsuit was wringing his withers"; "our withers are unwrung"--Shakespeare
The high point of the back of the horse, which is located at the base of the neck and between the shoulder blades
The highest point on a dog behind the neck, typically the point of the shoulder blades Pronunciation: With*ers • (noun) Examples: Standard heights are judged by maximum acceptable heights at the withers Related Terms
1. (to cause) to become weak and dry and decay: "Grass had withered in the fields."2 Slowly disappear, lose importance or become weaker: "This country is in danger of allowing its industrial base to wither away."
If a flower or plant withers, it dries up and dies. The flowers in Isabel's room had withered. if plants wither, they become drier and smaller and start to die (Probably from weather )
If someone or something withers, they become very weak. When he went into retirement, he visibly withered Industries unable to modernise have been left to wither. Wither away means the same as wither. To see my body literally wither away before my eyes was exasperating
() 1580, from Old English dialectical wiðer (“against”) + -s; see with. So-named because the part of the horse that pushes against a load. Compare German Widerrist (“withers”) from wider (“against”) + Rist (“wrist”).“” in the Online Etymology Dictionary, Douglas Harper, 2001