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Haunch

//hɔːnt͡ʃ// noun, verb

Definitions

Noun

1
The area encompassing the upper thigh, hip and buttocks on one side of a human, primate, or quadruped animal, especially one that can sit on its hindquarters.
"But I had no time to pursue these reflections; for the gray horse came to the door, and made me a sign to follow him into the third room where I saw a very comely mare, together with a colt and foal, sitting on their haunches upon mats of straw, not unartfully made, and perfectly neat and clean."
2
the loin and leg of a quadruped wordnet
3
The loin and leg of a quadruped, especially when used as food.
"Now these are the Laws of the Jungle, and many and mighty are they; / But the head and the hoof of the Law and the haunch and the hump is—Obey!"
4
the hip and buttock and upper thigh in human beings wordnet
5
A squat vertical support structure.

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6
A jerked underhand throw. dialectal

Verb

1
To provide with a haunch or supporting structure. transitive
2
To throw with an underhand movement. dialectal, transitive

Etymology

Etymology 1

From Middle English haunche, hanche, from Old French hanche, hance, anche (compare French hanche, Italian anca), from a Germanic source, probably Frankish *ankijā, from Proto-Germanic *ankijǭ (“joint; ankle”), from Proto-Indo-European *ang- (“joint; lith”). Cognate with Old High German ancha, encha, einka (“the leg; joint, bend”) (compare Old High German anchila, enchila (“ankle”), German Hanke (“haunch”), West Frisian hancke (“haunch”). More at ankle.

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