/loyn/ , n.
1. Usually, loins . the part or parts of the human body or of a quadruped animal on either side of the spinal column, between the false ribs and hipbone.
2. a cut of meat from this region of an animal, esp. a portion including the vertebrae of such parts. See diag. under beef .
3. loins ,
a. the parts of the body between the hips and the lower ribs, esp. regarded as the seat of physical strength and generative power.
b. the genital and pubic area; genitalia.
4. gird or gird up one's loins , to prepare oneself for something requiring readiness, strength, or endurance: He girded his loins to face his competitor.
[ 1275-1325; ME loyne lo ( i ) gne, perh. lumbea, n. use of fem. of * lumbeus of the loins, equiv. to L lumb ( us ) loin + -eus -EOUS ]