ETYM Old Eng. shine, schine, as. scina; akin to Dutch scheen, Old High Germ. scina, German schiene, schienbein, Dan. skinnebeen, Swed. skenben. Related to Chine.
1. A cut of meat from the lower part of the leg.
2. The front part of the human leg between the knee and the ankle.

Tibia. SYN. shin bone

ETYM Latin.
Shin-bone; kind of ancient flute.
The inner and thicker of the two bones of the human leg between the knee and ankle; SYN. shinbone, shin.
The anterior of the pair of bones found between the ankle and the knee. In humans, the tibia is the shinbone.