shinbone

[shin-bohn]

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noun

the tibia.

Origin of shinbone

before 1000; Middle English; Old English scinbān. See shin¹, bone

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Related Words for shinbone

tibia, shank, crus, cnemis

Examples from the Web for shinbone

Historical Examples of shinbone

No, not a vestage of the fossil is there, not a skull, not a shinbone.
The Book of Khalid
Ameen Rihani
The maddened animal had struck him on the shinbone, and wounded him.
Legends of the Rhine
Wilhelm Ruland
Dr. Flip would diagnose a case as "Fatty degeneration of the shinbone, sire," and the usual remedy would be prescribed.
With the Battle Fleet
Franklin Matthews
He drove the toe of his shoe squarely against the shinbone of the big man.
What's-His-Name
George Barr McCutcheon
They took his shinbone, cut off each end, and used it to juggle up and catch on the back of the hand.
Seven Mohave Myths
A. L. Kroeber

British Dictionary definitions for shinbone

shinbone

noun

the nontechnical name for tibia (def. 1)

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shinbone in Medicine

shinbone

[shĭn′bōn′]

n.

tibia