SHINNY

I. noun also shinney Etymology: perhaps from 1shin Date: 1672 a variation of hockey played by children with a curved stick and a ball or block of wood, II. intransitive verb (shinnied; ~ing) Etymology: alteration of 2shin Date: 1851 to move oneself up or down something vertical (as a pole) especially by alternately hugging it with the arms or hands and the legs