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Grammar : Noun
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Phonetic Transcription : lɔɪn

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Définition of loin

Origin :
  • early 14c., "side of the body of an animal used for food," from Old French loigne "hip, haunch, lumbar region," from Vulgar Latin *lumbea, from *lumbea caro "meat of the loin," from fem. of *lumbeus, adjective used as a noun, from Latin lumbus "loin" (see lumbago).
  • Replaced Old English lendenu "loins," from Proto-Germanic *landwin- (cf. German Lende "loin," Lenden "loins;" Old High German lenti, Old Saxon lendin, Middle Dutch lendine, Dutch lende, Old Norse lend).
  • The Latin word perhaps was borrowed from a Germanic source. In reference to the living human body, it is attested from late 14c. In Biblical translations, often used for "that part of the body that should be covered and about which the clothes are bound" (1520s). Related: Loins.
  • As in side : noun edge, exteriority of object
  • As in haunch : noun upper legs
  • As in thigh : noun leg part
  • As in flank : noun haunch of an animate being
Example sentences :
  • The ribs and the loin cut in one piece are shown in Fig. 18.
  • Extract from : « Woman's Institute Library of Cookery, Vol. 3 » by Woman's Institute of Domestic Arts and Sciences
  • Pork steaks or chops should be taken from the neck, or the loin.
  • Extract from : « Directions for Cookery, in its Various Branches » by Eliza Leslie
  • Then put in some bits of loin of pork cut into dice and some bits of lean ham.
  • Extract from : « The Cook's Decameron: A Study in Taste: » by Mrs. W. G. Waters
  • Sauce for a loin of veal was made of all kinds of sweet herbs, with the yolks of two or three hard eggs minced very fine.
  • Extract from : « The Cook and Housekeeper's Complete and Universal Dictionary; Including a System of Modern Cookery, in all Its Various Branches, » by Mary Eaton
  • A loin of pork with the fat and kidney taken out and boned, and a forehand of pork boned, are very nice dressed in the same way.
  • Extract from : « The Cook and Housekeeper's Complete and Universal Dictionary; Including a System of Modern Cookery, in all Its Various Branches, » by Mary Eaton
  • Take care also to cut out the pipe that runs along the chine of a loin of veal, the same as in beef, to hinder it from tainting.
  • Extract from : « The Cook and Housekeeper's Complete and Universal Dictionary; Including a System of Modern Cookery, in all Its Various Branches, » by Mary Eaton
  • The middle of the loin is the next best, and the rump the next.
  • Extract from : « Cattle and Their Diseases » by Robert Jennings
  • The rib is the cut between the loin and chuck, and contains the best roasts.
  • Extract from : « The Community Cook Book » by Anonymous
  • Loin straps should be used with a ladys trap only when a servant drives.
  • Extract from : « Riding and Driving for Women » by Belle Beach
  • This boy, who only wore a loin cloth, was urging his fellows not to work so hard.
  • Extract from : « An African Adventure » by Isaac F. Marcosson

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