haunch
the hip.
the fleshy part of the body about the hip.
a hindquarter of an animal.
the leg and loin of an animal, used for food.
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.
Origin of haunch
1Other words from haunch
- haunched, adjective
- haunchless, adjective
Words that may be confused with haunch
- haunch , hunch
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How to use haunch in a sentence
The ravens hovered about the place and wise gray wolves sat haunched in a still larger ring without.
The Way of an Indian | Frederic RemingtonIt was a big gray wolf, standing with back haunched and head down, watching and scenting something beyond.
The Literary World Seventh Reader | VariousBetween the two is a marble-topped console, with haunched gilt legs ending in sphinx claws.
The Doctor's Dilemma | George Bernard ShawA haunched mortise-and-tenon is made by cutting away part of the tenon so that that part of it will be much shorter than the rest.
Handwork in Wood | William NoyesHere women, light-heeled, heavy-haunched, pace up and down the flags in graceful gait.
The Book of Khalid | Ameen Rihani
British Dictionary definitions for haunch
/ (hɔːntʃ) /
the human hip or fleshy hindquarter of an animal, esp a horse or similar quadruped
the leg and loin of an animal, used for food: a haunch of venison
Also called: hance architect the part of an arch between the impost and the apex
Origin of haunch
1Derived forms of haunch
- haunched, adjective
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