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Definition of Haunch
1. Noun. The hip and buttock and upper thigh in human beings.
2. Noun. The loin and leg of a quadruped.
Definition of Haunch
1. n. The hip; the projecting region of the lateral parts of the pelvis and the hip joint; the hind part.
Definition of Haunch
1. Noun. (anatomy) The area encompassing the upper thigh, hip and buttocks on one side of a human, primate, or quadruped animal, especially one that is able to sit on its hindquarters. ¹
2. Noun. The loin and leg of a quadruped, especially when used as food. ¹
3. Noun. (architecture) A squat vertical support structure. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Haunch
1. the hindquarter [n -ES] : HAUNCHED [adj] - See also: hindquarter
Lexicographical Neighbors of Haunch
Literary usage of Haunch
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. A New System of Domestic Cookery: Formed Upon Principles of Economy and by Maria Eliza Ketelby Rundell (1824)
"To dress haunch of Mutton. A gravy must be made of a pound and a half of loin of old
... Put a paste of coarse flour or strong paper, and fold the haunch in ..."
2. Irish Literature by Justin McCarthy, Maurice Francis Egan, Douglas Hyde, Charles Welsh, Gregory, James Jeffrey Roche (1904)
"THE haunch OF VENISON. A POETICAL EPISTLE TO LOUD CLARE. Thanks, my lord, for
your venison, for finer or fatter Never ranged in a forest, or smoked in a ..."
3. Specimens of the British Poets: With Biographical and Critical Notices, and by Thomas Campbell (1819)
"To go oil with my tale—as I gaz'd on the haunch, I thought of a friend -that was
trusty and staunch, So I cut it, and sent it to Reynolds ..."
4. Wit and Humour, Selected from the English Poets: With an Illustrative Essay by Leigh Hunt (1890)
"Thanks, my lord, for your venison; for finer or fatter Ne'er rang'd in a forest,
or smok'd in a platter; The haunch was a picture for painters to study, ..."
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