was wotd|2006|August|4
English
Pronunciation
IPA|/h��nt�/ or /h�nt�/ (RP)
IPA|/h�nt�/ or /h�nt�/ (US)
audio|en-us-haunch.ogg|Audio (US)
Noun
en-noun|es
- 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.
- The loin and leg of a quadruped, especially when used as food.
- architecture A squat vertical support structure.
Quotations
timeline|
1700s=1735|
1800s=18?? 1855|
1900s=1916 1918
1735 � w:Jonathan Swift|Jonathan Swift, s:Gulliver's Travels|Gulliver's Travels, Part IV, Ch II
:But I had no time to pursue these reflections; for the gray horse came to the door, and made me a sign to follow him into the third room where I saw a very comely mare, together with a colt and foal, sitting on their haunches upon mats of straw, not unartfully made, and perfectly neat and clean.
18?? � w:John Greenleaf Whittier|John Greenleaf Whittier, s:The Garrison of Cape Ann|The Garrison of Cape Ann
:On the rough-hewn oaken table the venison haunch was shared.
1855 � w:Henry Wadsworth Longfellow|Henry Wadsworth Longfellow, s:The Song of Hiawatha|The Song of Hiawatha, III
:And the rabbit from his path-way<br>Leaped aside, and at a distance<br>Sat erect upon his haunches.
1916 � w:Wilfred Owen|Wilfred Owen, s:The Wrestlers|The Wrestlers
:While Heracles, - the thews and cordage of his thighs<br>Straitened and strained beyond the utmost stretch<br>From quivering heel to haunch like sweating hawsers.
c.1918 � w:Carl Sandburg|Carl Sandburg, s:Fog|Fog
:The fog comes on little cat feet.<br>It sits looking over harbor and city<br>on silent haunches and then moves on.
Translations
Finnish: t+|fi|lonkka, t-|fi|lanne
German: Scho� m, Lenden Pl.
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Japanese: t|ja|��|tr���, denbu|scJpan
Kurdish: t|ku|navteng f, t|ku|newq f
fa:haunch
io:haunch
it:haunch
ru:haunch
fi:haunch
te:haunch
vi:haunch
zh:haunch
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