Haunch (noun) Definition, Meaning & Examples

noun
  1. the hip.
  2. the fleshy part of the body about the hip.
  3. a hindquarter of an animal.
  4. the leg and loin of an animal, used for food.
  5. Architecture.
    • either side of an arch, extending from the vertex or crown to the impost.
    • the part of a beam projecting below a floor or roof slab.
noun
  1. the human hip or fleshy hindquarter of an animal, esp a horse or similar quadruped
  2. the leg and loin of an animal, used for food
  3. the part of an arch between the impost and the apex
Haunch (noun) Definition, Meaning & Examples

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