Definitions for: Haunch

[n] the loin and leg of a quadruped
[n] the hip and buttock and upper thigh in human beings

Webster (1913) Definition: Haunch (?; 277), n. [F. hanche, of German origin; cf.
OD. hancke, hencke, and also OHG. ancha; prob. not akin to E.
ankle.]
1. The hip; the projecting region of the lateral parts of the
pelvis and the hip joint; the hind part.

2. Of meats: The leg and loin taken together; as, a haunch of
venison.

Haunch bone. See Innominate bone, under Innominate.

Haunches of an arch (Arch.), the parts on each side of the
crown of an arch. (See Crown, n., 11.) Each haunch may
be considered as from one half to two thirds of the half
arch.

See Also: body, body part, croup, croupe, hindquarters, quadruped, rump, torso, trunk

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