ETYM French hanche, of German origin; cf. od. hancke, hencke, and also Old High Germ. ancha; prob. not akin to Eng. ankle.
(Irregular plural: haunches).
1. The hip and buttock and upper thigh in human beings.
2. The loin and leg of a quadruped.

The back half of a side of meat.

1. Either side of the body below the waist and above the thigh.
2. The ball-and-socket joint between the head of the femur and the acetabulum; SYN. hip joint, coxa, articulatio coxae.