ˈthī noun
( -s )
Etymology: Middle English thigh, thie, from Old English thēoh, thīoh; akin to Old High German dioh thigh, Old Norse thjō buttock, Middle Irish tōn buttocks, Old Slavic tukŭ fat, Sanskrit tavīti he is strong — more at thumb
1.
a. : the proximal segment of the vertebrate hind limb extending from the hip to the knee and supported by a single large bone — compare femur
b. : the segment of the leg immediately distal to the thigh in a bird or in a quadruped in which the true thigh is obscured by skin or feathers or by its position in relation to the trunk — see cow illustration
c. : the femur of the leg of an insect
2. : something resembling or covering a thigh
the ground … fell back from the thigh of his moldboard — Stuart Cloete
rubbed his oily hands on the thighs of his pants — Thomas Anderson