Haunch

3 definitions found

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Haunch \Haunch\ (h[aum]nch; 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.
        [1913 Webster]


  
     2. Of meats: The leg and loin taken together; as, a haunch of
        venison.
        [1913 Webster]
  
     {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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From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:

  haunch
       n 1: the hip and buttock and upper thigh in human beings
       2: the loin and leg of a quadruped

From Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0 [moby-thes]:

  23 Moby Thesaurus words for "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