Loin Definition
loin
loins
noun
loins
The lower part of the back on either side of the backbone between the hipbones and the ribs.
Webster's New World
The front part of the hindquarters of beef, lamb, mutton, veal, etc. with the flank removed.
Webster's New World
One of several cuts of meat, such as tenderloin, taken from this part of an animal's body, typically including the vertebrae of the segment from which it is taken.
American Heritage
The hips and the lower abdomen regarded as a part of the body to be clothed or as the region of strength and procreative power.
Webster's New World
The reproductive organs.
American Heritage Medicine
Synonyms:
- lumbus
idiom
gird (up) one's loins
- to get ready to do something difficult or strenuous
Webster's New World
Idioms, Phrasal Verbs Related to Loin
Origin of Loin
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From Middle English loyne, from Old French loigne, assumedly from Late Latin root *lumbea, from Latin lumbus (“loin"), from Proto-Germanic *landwį̄, *landwijō (“waist, loins"), from Proto-Indo-European *lendhw- (“kidney, waist"). Cognate with Old English lendenu, Dutch lende, German Lende, Swedish länd (“haunch, loin"), Proto-Slavic *lÄ™dvÑŒja (Russian лядвея (ljadveja)). See also lende.
From Wiktionary
Middle English loine from Old French loigne from Vulgar Latin lumbea (carō) loin (meat) feminine of *lumbeus of the loin from Latin lumbus loin
From American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition
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