Haunch
Definition, Meaning & Examples
Pronunciation /hɔːn(t)ʃ/ · Part of speech noun
Quick meaning: Haunch is a noun meaning The loin and leg of a quadruped, especially when used as food.
Meaning
The loin and leg of a quadruped, especially when used as food.
More Meanings
- (architecture) A squat vertical support structure.
- (dialect) A jerked underhand throw.
- (transitive, architecture) To provide with a haunch or supporting structure.
- (transitive, dialect) To throw with an underhand movement.
- (anatomy) 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.
Example Sentences
On the rough-hewn oaken table the venison haunch was shared.
And the rabbit from his path-way Leaped aside, and at a distance Sat erect upon his haunches.
The fog comes on little cat feet. It sits looking over harbor and city on silent haunches and then moves on.
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!
Word Forms
- haunches
- haunce
- haunse
- haunching
- haunched
Related Words
Related dictionary entries include mortise, tenon, hanch, hindquarter, hunkers, hench.
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