shin bone : Dictionary / Wörterbuch (BEOLINGUS, TU Chemnitz)

English Dictionary: shin bone	by the DICT Development Group
2 results for shin bone
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
shin bone n a cut of meat from the lower part of the leg [syn: shin, shin bone] the inner and thicker of the two bones of the human leg between the knee and ankle Synonym(s): tibia, shinbone, shin bone, shin
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Shin \Shin\, n. [OE. shine, schine, AS. scina; akin to D. scheen, OHG. scina, G. schiene, schienbein, Dan. skinnebeen, Sw. skenben. Cf. {Chine}.] 1. The front part of the leg below the knee; the front edge of the shin bone; the lower part of the leg; the shank. [bd]On his shin.[b8] --Chaucer. 2. (Railbroad) A fish plate for rails. --Knight. {Shin bone} (Anat.), the tibia. {Shin leaf} (Bot.), a perennial ericaceous herb ({Pyrola elliptica}) with a cluster of radical leaves and a raceme of greenish white flowers.