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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.
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; Middle English haunche < Old French hanche < Germanic; compare Middle Dutch hanke haunch, hip, German Hanke haunch
1150–1200; Middle English haunche < Old French hanche < Germanic; compare Middle Dutch hanke haunch, hip, German Hanke haunch
Related forms
haunched, adjective
haunch·less, adjective
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Haunch
is always a great word to know.
So is arch. Does it mean:
| an arc or a rounded space between cusps, as in the carved decoration of a window or other ornamentation |
| an upwardly curved construction, as of steel or timber functioning in the manner of a masonry arch; a door or gateway with a curved head |
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haunch
earlly 13c., from O.Fr. hanche, from Frankish *hanka (cf. O.H.G. hinkan "to limp," ancha "leg," lit. "joint;" M.Du. hanke "haunch"), from P.Gmc. *khink-.
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