Haunch
21haunch — (Roget s IV) n. Syn. backside, side, hindquarter; see hip , rump …
22haunch — [[t]hɔ͟ːntʃ[/t]] haunches 1) PHRASE: v PHR If you get down on your haunches, you lower yourself towards the ground so that your legs are bent under you and you are balancing on your feet. Edgar squatted on his haunches... Ferris was crouched down …
23haunch — hÉ”Ëntʃ n. hip and the fleshy area of the buttock and thigh; hindquarter of an animal …
24haunch — In architecture, the part of an arch (roughly midway between the springing and the crown) at which the lateral thrust is strongest …
25haunch — noun 1》 the buttock and thigh considered together, in a human or animal. ↘the leg and loin of an animal, as food. 2》 Architecture the side of an arch, between the crown and the pier. Origin ME: from OFr. hanche, of Gmc origin …
26haunch — n. Hip …
27haunch — noun 1 haunches (plural) the part of your body at the back between your waist and legs 2 (C) one of the back legs of a four legged animal, especially when it is used as meat: They squatted on their haunches playing dice …
28haunch — n hip, hindquarter, leg and loin, huckle, thigh, (of beef) round; rump, buttocks, fundament, breech, nates, (of a horse) croup, Zool. podex …
29haunch — /hɔntʃ / (say hawnch) 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, as used for food. 5. Architecture a. either side of an arch, extending from the vertex or crown… …
30haunch — n. 1 the fleshy part of the buttock with the thigh, esp. in animals. 2 the leg and loin of a deer etc. as food. 3 the side of an arch between the crown and the pier. Etymology: ME f. OF hanche, of Gmc orig.: cf. LG hanke hind leg of a horse …
