Synonyms for haunches
| Grammar : Noun |
| Spell : hawnch, hahnch |
| Phonetic Transcription : hɔntʃ, hɑntʃ |
Définition of haunches
Origin :- early 13c., from Old French hanche (12c.) "hip, thigh; haunch," from a Germanic source, perhaps Frankish *hanka (cf. Old High German hinkan "to limp," ancha "leg," literally "joint;" Middle Dutch hanke "haunch"). "It is only since the 18th c. that the spelling haunch has displaced hanch" [OED]. Related: Haunches.
- noun upper legs
- And all the while the she-wolf sat on her haunches and smiled.
- Extract from : « White Fang » by Jack London
- The teamster reined up, throwing his horses upon their haunches.
- Extract from : « The Law-Breakers » by Ridgwell Cullum
- He shouted to them, and they sat down quietly on their haunches.
- Extract from : « Cossack Fairy Tales and Folk Tales » by Anonymous
- The horses sprang but were brought back upon their haunches.
- Extract from : « The Web of the Golden Spider » by Frederick Orin Bartlett
- Jud dropped my rein and wrenched the Cardinal around on his haunches.
- Extract from : « Dwellers in the Hills » by Melville Davisson Post
- Just sit on our haunches, and wait for our birds to drop into our hands, eh?
- Extract from : « Pathfinder » by Alan Douglas
- The bear sat upon his haunches and complacently regarded the Yankee.
- Extract from : « The Young Miner » by Horatio Alger, Jr.
- He sat on his haunches and looked at us, uttering a tremendous growl.
- Extract from : « The Land of the Long Night » by Paul du Chaillu
- Still on its haunches it backed, wild with the unaccustomed pain.
- Extract from : « The Lure of the Mask » by Harold MacGrath
- He was grounded on his haunches, with uplifted paws, ready for anything.
- Extract from : « "Wee Tim'rous Beasties" » by Douglas English
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