About The Word Haunch
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Haunch
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What's The Definition Of Haunch?
[n] the loin and leg of a quadruped
[n] the hip and buttock and upper thigh in human beings Synonyms | Synonyms for Haunch: Related Terms | Find terms related to Haunch: bank | beam | border | broadside | cheek | chop | coast | flank | hand | handedness | hip | jowl | laterality | many-sidedness | multilaterality | planking | profile | quarter | shore | side | siding | temple | unilaterality See Also | body | body part | croup | croupe | hindquarters | quadruped | rump | torso | trunk Haunch In Webster's Dictionary \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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