haunch : Dictionary / Wörterbuch (BEOLINGUS, TU Chemnitz)

English Dictionary: haunch	by the DICT Development Group
2 results for haunch
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
haunch n the hip and buttock and upper thigh in human beings the loin and leg of a quadruped
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Haunch \Haunch\ (?; 277), n. [F. hanche, of German origin; cf. OD. hancke, hencke, and also OHG. ancha; prob. not akin to E. ankle.] 1. The hip; the projecting region of the lateral parts of the pelvis and the hip joint; the hind part. 2. Of meats: The leg and loin taken together; as, a haunch of venison. {Haunch bone}. See {Innominate bone}, under {Innominate}. {Haunches of an arch} (Arch.), the parts on each side of the crown of an arch. (See {Crown}, n., 11.) Each haunch may be considered as from one half to two thirds of the half arch.