Haunch Definition

hônch, hŏnch
haunches
noun
The part of the body including the hip, buttock, and thickest part of the thigh.
Webster's New World
An animal's loin and leg together; joint of venison, mutton, etc.
Webster's New World
Either of the sides of an arch from the point of rising to the vertex.
Webster's New World
(architecture) A squat vertical support structure.
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Noun

Singular:
haunch
Plural:
haunches

Origin of Haunch

  • Middle English haunche from Old French hanche from Frankish hanka

    From American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition

  • From Middle English, from Old French, from a Germanic source, probably Frankish.

    From Wiktionary

Haunch Sentence Examples

  • There is a strongly marked median longitudinal ventral black stripe, to which the lower ends of the transverse side stripes are usually united, but the dorsal stripe (also strongly marked) is completely isolated in its posterior half, and the uppermost of the broad haunch stripes runs nearly parallel to it.

  • My main course was a venison haunch steak served on a cabbage mash.

  • The creature was too unwieldy to lift, so the hunter contented himself with cutting away one haunch and part of the flank.

  • The menu is a real chunk of haut cuisine with a choice of roast haunch of venison with port wine sauce.

  • Place haunch on serving dish and pour off all but 1 tablespoon of fat from the roasting tin.

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HHAHAU

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HCHNCH

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