LOIN

noun Etymology: Middle English loyne, from Anglo-French loigne, from Vulgar Latin *lumbea, from Latin lumbus; akin to Old English lendenu ~s, Old Church Slavic lędviję Date: 14th century 1. the part of a human being or quadruped on each side of the spinal column between the hipbone and the false ribs, a cut of meat comprising this part of one or both sides of a carcass with the adjoining half of the vertebrae included but without the flank, 2. plural the upper and lower abdominal regions and the region about the hips, b. the pubic region, the reproductive organs