HAUNCH


Meaning of HAUNCH in English

■ 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.

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