haunchn.1
/hɔːntʃ//hɑːntʃ/ 1.
a. The part of the body, in men and quadrupeds, lying between the last ribs and the thigh; the lateral expansions of the pelvis; of a horse, that part of the hind quarters which extends from the reins or the back to the hough or ham.
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the world > life > the body > external parts of body > trunk > side > [noun] > hip
hipOE
haunch?c1225
sciaa1400
quarterc1425
hucklea1529
hetchill1601
huck1788
?c1225 [see Compounds 1].
1303 R. Mannyng Handlyng Synne 9108 And noþer body, ne þe arme, Bledde neuer blode, colde ne warme, But was as drye wyþ al þe haunche, As of a stok were ryue a braunche.
c1330 (?a1300) Sir Tristrem (1886) l. 1088 In þe haunche riȝt Tristrem was wounded sare.
c1400 Lanfranc's Cirurg. 176 Bonys of haunchis ben maad fast wiþ þe lattere boon of þe rigboon.
1460 Lybeaus Disc. 268 Thorugh herte, other thorugh honche, Wyth hys sper he wyll launche.
a1513 W. Dunbar Poems (1998) I. 68 With hoppir hippis and henches narrow.
1565–73 T. Cooper Thesaurus Clunis..the buttocke or hanche.
1595 Pleasant Quippes for Vpstart Gentle-women sig. Bv These hoopes that hippes and haunch do hide.
1596 J. Dalrymple tr. J. Leslie Hist. Scotl. (1895) II. 81 Strukne in the hench or he was war.
1674 A. Cremer tr. J. Scheffer Hist. Lapland 130 The Rain-deer..are white not only on their belly but on their haunches.
1721–1800 N. Bailey Universal Etymol. Eng. Dict. Hanch, the Hip, a Part of the Body.
1735 W. Somervile Chace i. 196 On their Haunches rear'd.
1831 R. Knox tr. H. Cloquet Syst. Human Anat. (ed. 2) 118 The pelvis properly so called, or that expansion which constitutes the haunches.
1866 ‘G. Eliot’ Felix Holt I. i. 22 A fine black retriever..sat on its haunches, and watched him as he went to and fro.
b. The leg and loin of a deer, sheep, or other animal, prepared for, or served at, table.
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the world > food and drink > food > animals for food > part or joint of animal > [noun] > quarter > hind quarter
haunch1481
crupper1725
1481–90 Howard Househ. Bks. (Roxb.) 320 For bryngenge of halff a haunche.
1574 J. Baret Aluearie H 65 An hanche [1580 hanch] of venison.
a1612 J. Harington Epigrams (1618) ii. 51 I was no ghest, Nor euer since did tast of side or haunch.
1712 J. Addison Spectator No. 482. ¶4 The best Pickle for a Wallnut, or Sawce for an Haunch of Venison.
1736 Compl. Family-piece ii. i. 212 When the Huntsmen come in to the Death of the Hart, they should cry, Ware Haunch, that the Hounds may not break in to the Deer.
1859 All Year Round 12 Nov. 57 Nowhere can the equal of a Sussex haunch or saddle be obtained.
c. The pelvis as containing the womb. (Cf. Scriptural use of loins.)
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the world > life > the body > sex organs > female sex organs > [noun] > pelvis as containing womb
haunch1605
1605 J. Sylvester tr. G. de S. Du Bartas Deuine Weekes & Wks. ii. i. 383 O too fruitfull haunches! O wretched root! O hurtfull hatefull branches!
1664 S. Butler Hudibras: Second Pt. ii. iii. 181 A Vine, sprung from her hanches, O'respread his Empire, with its branches.
d. figurative. To hinder part, the latter end.
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1600 W. Shakespeare Henry IV, Pt. 2 iv. iii. 92 A summer bird, Which euer in the haunch of winter sings The lifting vp of day. View more context for this quotation
e. Phrases. (See quot. 1728.)
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1728 E. Chambers Cycl. (at cited word) One of the most necessary Lessons in managing the great Horse, is that of putting him upon his Haunches..to couple him well, or to put him well together or compact... To drag the Haunches, is to change the leading Foot in Galloping.
2. The coxa or basal joint of the leg in insects, spiders, and crustaceans.
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the world > animals > invertebrates > phylum Arthropoda > [noun] > member of > parts of > leg > first or basal joint of
hip1817
haunch1828
1828 J. Stark Elements Nat. Hist. II. 314 The two anterior feet much larger than the others, with long haunches.
1828 J. Stark Elements Nat. Hist. II. 314 Anterior legs with a blackish blue spot on the internal side of the haunches.
1834 H. McMurtrie tr. G. Cuvier Animal Kingdom (abridged ed.) 302 Xyphosura..the haunches of the first six pair of feet are covered with small spines, and perform the office of jaws.
3.
a. Architecture. The side of an arch between the crown and the piers, the flank; = hance n. 3. Hence the corresponding part of any arched figure.
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society > leisure > the arts > visual arts > architecture > arch > [noun] > parts of
coin1350
pendant1359
voussoir1359
springer1435
spandrel1477
spring?1553
pitch1615
kneeler1617
gimmalsa1652
face1664
of the third point1672
turn1677
sweep1685
hance1700
skew-back1700
summering1700
springing1703
tympan1704
hip1726
reins1726
rib1726
third point1728
quoin1730
archivolt1731
opening1739
soffit1739
shoulder1744
extrados1772
intrados1772
haunch1793
arch-stone1828
twist1840
coign1843
architrave1849
escoinçon1867
pulvino1907
pin1928
1793 Sir G. Shuckburgh in Philos. Trans. (Royal Soc.) 83 87 (note) When the arch had stood two years, the haunches were filled up with bricks.
1815 J. Smith Panorama Sci. & Art I. 230 Let the substance of it [sc. a rope], on the convex side, be increased in some parts, for example at the haunches; it will then no longer describe a catenary.
1877 L. Jewitt Half-hours among Eng. Antiq. 158 The decorations upon bells consist of encircling inscriptions, usually on the haunch.
1881 F. Young Every Man his own Mechanic §1173 The sides of the arch between the crown and the piers are called its haunches or flanks.
b. The side of a made-up road.
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1937 Times 13 Apr. p. viii/2 In such cases (of excessive camber) the process known as ‘haunching’ should be carried out. The haunches or sides of the road are made up with stone,..and the whole road is then dressed with a new surface dressing.
4. Nautical.
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a. (See quot. 1823).
b. = hance n. 2a.
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1823 G. Crabb Universal Technol. Dict. Haunch, a sudden decrease in the size of a piece of timber.
1867 W. H. Smyth & E. Belcher Sailor's Word-bk. Haunch, a sudden fall or break, as from the drifts forward and aft to the waist. The same as hance.
c. The end of a tenon reduced in width.
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society > occupation and work > industry > building or constructing > constructing or working with wood > [noun] > wooden structures or wooden parts of > means of fitting together > types of joint > projecting part of joint > part of
gain1679
haunch1904
1904 A. C. Passmore Handbk. Techn. Terms Haunch, the wide part left close to the root when part of a tenon is cut away.
5. A mechanical contrivance for lowering one end of a wine-cask while drawing off the contents.
Compounds
C1. attributive and in other combinations, as †haunch-evil, haunch-hoop, haunch-joint; (from sense 3), as haunch-stone. Also haunch-bone n.
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?c1225 (?a1200) Ancrene Riwle (Cleo. C.vi) (1972) 206 Hu feole þe grimme wrestlere of helle braid upon his hupe & weorp wið þe hanche turn into galnesse.
1562 Turner A ij b Baths, Names of Siknesses The sciatica or hanchevel.
1824 R. Chambers Trad. Edinb. (1825) II. 59 There were the breast-knots, two hainch-knots, (at which there were also buttons for looping up the gown behind).
1826 W. Scott Jrnl. 24 Jan. (1939) 83 A venerable lady who always wore a haunch-hoop.
1828 W. Scott Fair Maid of Perth x, in Chron. Canongate 2nd Ser. III. 267 Henry..swung the ponderous implement far behind his right haunch joint.
1883 Surv. W. Palestine III. 407 With narrow key-stone and broad haunch-stones.
C2.
haunch-vent n. Scottish (see quot. 1824).
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1824 J. Mactaggart Sc. Gallovidian Encycl. Henchvents, the same with ‘gores’, pieces of linen put into the lower parts of a shirt..to give ‘vent’ or room for the ‘haunch’.
Derivatives
haunched adj. (of a tenon) having its end reduced in width.
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society > occupation and work > industry > building or constructing > constructing or working with wood > [adjective] > joined > type of tenon
haunched1885
1885 Spons' Mechanics' Own Bk. 276 The haunched tenon [is used] when the edge of the piece on which the tenon is formed is required to be flush with the end of the piece containing the mortice.
1904 G. F. Goodchild & C. F. Tweney Technol. & Sci. Dict. 282/1 Haunched tenon, a tenon cut back in its width to allow for wedging.
1964 W. L. Goodman Hist. Woodworking Tools 53 The joints themselves are stub tenons, haunched and pinned in a very modern manner.
ˈhaunchless adj. not having haunches.
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1834 Fraser's Mag. 9 300 Ill-cut, and haunchless shape.
ˈhaunchy adj. having prominent haunches.
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the world > life > the body > external parts of body > trunk > side > [adjective] > hip > types of
hopper-hipped1672
hoppered1704
haunchy1831
hippy1854
lizard-hipped1922
snake-hip1932
1831 E. J. Trelawny Adventures Younger Son (1890) xcvii. 394 Greasy and haunchy brutes.
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haunchn.2
see under haunch v.3
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† haunchv.1
Obsolete. rare.
transitive. To bring down (a deer, etc.) upon its haunches.
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1605 W. Camden Remaines i. 203 When the saide king Iohn sawe a faire Bucke haunched.
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haunchv.2
transitive. To reduce in thickness. intransitive. Of a piece of timber: To decrease suddenly in thickness.
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1794 D. Steel Elements & Pract. Rigging & Seamanship I. 4 Cleats..are haunched on the back with a hollow.
1794 D. Steel Elements & Pract. Rigging & Seamanship I. 31 The square..haunches from thence into the round.
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haunchv.3
transitive. To throw with an underhand movement, the arm being jerked against the haunch; ‘to elevate by a sudden jerk’ (Jamieson).
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the world > movement > impelling or driving > projecting through space or throwing > throw [verb (transitive)] > with underhand movement
chuck1593
haunch1788
1788 E. Picken Poems & Epist. 75 To hainch a chield aboon the moon.
1825 J. T. Brockett Gloss. North Country Words Haunch, Hainch, to throw; as a stone from the hand by jerking it against the haunch.
1894 S. R. Crockett Raiders 110 With a pebble cunningly ‘henched’.
Derivatives
haunch n. (Scottishhainch, hainsh) a jerked underhand throw.
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the world > movement > impelling or driving > projecting through space or throwing > [noun] > underhand throw
haunching1824
haunch1843
1843 Hardy in Hist. Berwickshire Naturalists' Club 2 No. ii. 54 The bowl..launched in the manner which in Scotland is called a hainsh, being precisely the fashion after which the Greek Δισκος was impelled.
hauncher n. (Scottishhaincher, hencher)
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1863 J. Brown Biggar in Horæ Subsecivæ (1882) 3rd Ser. 328 A dextrous hencher of stones.
haunching n. (also henching)
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the world > movement > impelling or driving > projecting through space or throwing > [noun] > underhand throw
haunching1824
haunch1843
1824 J. Mactaggart Sc. Gallovidian Encycl. Hainching, throwing, by springing the arm on the haunch.
1843 Hardy in Hist. Berwickshire Naturalists' Club 2 No. ii. 58 The bowls were sometimes thrown by raising the arm..but more frequently they were propelled in the hainshing mode.
1894 S. R. Crockett Lilac Sunbonnet 310 Throwing stones at them in the manner known as ‘henchin’.
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