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HAUNCHED
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haunch
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hɔntʃ
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hɑntʃ
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–noun
1.
the hip.
2.
the fleshy part of the body about the hip.
3.
a hindquarter of an animal.
4.
the leg and loin of an animal, used for food.
5.
Architecture
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a.
either side of an arch, extending from the vertex or crown to the impost.
b.
the part of a beam projecting below a floor or roof slab.
Origin:
1150–1200;
ME
haunche
< OF
hanche
< Gmc; cf. MD
hanke
haunch, hip, G
Hanke
haunch
Related forms:
haunched,
adjective
haunchless,
adjective
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haunch
c.1225, from O.Fr.
hanche,
from Frank.
*hanka
(cf. O.H.G.
hinkan
"to limp,"
ancha
"leg," lit. "joint;" M.Du.
hanke
"haunch"), from P.Gmc.
*khink-.
Online Etymology Dictionary, © 2001 Douglas Harper
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