Meaning of HAUNCH
| Pronunciation: | | honch
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- [n] the loin and leg of a quadruped
- [n] the hip and buttock and upper thigh in human beings
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| | See Also: | | body, body part, croup, croupe, hindquarters, quadruped, rump, torso, trunk | |
| Webster's 1913 Dictionary |
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| | Definition: | | \Haunch\ (?; 277), n. [F. hanche, of German origin; cf.
OD. hancke, hencke, and also OHG. ancha; prob. not akin to E.
ankle.]
1. The hip; the projecting region of the lateral parts of the
pelvis and the hip joint; the hind part.
2. Of meats: The leg and loin taken together; as, a haunch of
venison.
{Haunch bone}. See {Innominate bone}, under {Innominate}.
{Haunches of an arch} (Arch.), the parts on each side of the
crown of an arch. (See {Crown}, n., 11.) Each haunch may
be considered as from one half to two thirds of the half
arch.
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| | Related Terms: | | bank, beam, border, broadside, cheek, chop, coast, flank, hand, handedness, hip, jowl, laterality, many-sidedness, multilaterality, planking, profile, quarter, shore, side, siding, temple, unilaterality |
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