The inguinal region (groin) or pubic region of the body. Occasionally also: †the part of the pelvis consisting of the two pubic bones (cf. share-bone…

The loin or flank; also, the groin.

The fork of the body.

spec. The parting of the thighs, the ‘cleaving’ or ‘fork’. Now dialect.

? The fork of the legs.

plural. The fork of the body, the lower limbs.

The flank or groin.

The fold or depression on either side of the body between the abdomen and the upper thigh. (In quot. 1541 plural the inguinal glands.)

†(a) the groin (obsolete); (b) a hole for the thigh in bathing-drawers or the like.

The part of anything at which it divides or branches; spec. the junction of the thighs, the fork; now (exc. archaic) only that of sheep and cattle.

The ‘fork’ or bifurcation of the human body where the legs join the trunk. (Not restricted to U.S. and dialect)

A forking, bifurcation, or division into branches; the point at which anything forks. Hence, each of the… In the human body, the part at which the…

concrete. A cleft, fissure; parting of the limbs (cf. cleft, n. 2).

The groin.

The ‘fork’ of the human body: see crotch, n. 5.