Definition of Hipbones

1. Noun. (plural of hipbone) ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Definition of Hipbones

1. hipbone [n] - See also: hipbone

Lexicographical Neighbors of Hipbones

hip pad
hip phenomenon
hip pocket
hip pointer
hip prosthesis
hip replacement
hip roof
hip socket
hip speed
hip tile
hip to(p)
hip tree
hip trees
hipberries
hipbone
hipbones (current term)
hipdom
hipflask
hipflasks
hiphalt
hiphugger
hiphuggers
hiplength
hipless
hiplessness
hiplike
hipline
hiplines
hiply
hipness

Literary usage of Hipbones

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. The Physiologia of Jean Fernel (1567) by Jean Fernel (2003)
"... and by fine processes drawn out from the peritoneum to the rectum; likewise to the strong hipbones, but by slack links that extend to its horns. ..."

2. Duval's Artistic Anatomy: Completely Revised, with Additional Original by Mathias Duval, Andrew Melville Paterson (1919)
"THE pelvis is formed by the union of the two hipbones, one on either side, with the vertebral column, so as to form the pelvic cavity or basin, ..."

3. A Dictionary of Domestic Medicine: Giving a Description of Diseases by John Henry Clarke (1901)
"The shoulders may bear the upper half of the garment, and the hips—not the soft part above the hipbones, but the hip-bones themselves—by a broad belt made ..."

4. Keeping Healthyby Jo Ellen Moore by Jo Ellen Moore (2004)
"The thighbones connect to the hipbones. They help you stand up tall. The hipbones connect to the backbones. The backbones connect to the neck bones. ..."

5. The Anatomy of Melancholy: What it Is, with All the Kinds, Causes, Symptoms by Robert Burton (1847)
"C. ; backward, the hinder part of the head, back, shoulders, sides, loins, hipbones, os sacrum, buttocks, &.c. Or joints, arms, hands, feet, legs, thighs, ..."

6. The Rebellion Record: A Diary of American Events by Frank Moore, Edward Everett (1868)
"... He becomes attenuated and gaunt, and his hipbones grow as long and peering as his ears, but he waxes ethereal in flesh alone. He tugs at his chains with ..."

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