shin.
The front part of the leg below the knee; the front edge of the shin bone: Shinbone on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
Meaning & usage
The front part of the leg below the knee; the front edge of the shin bone: Shinbone on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
Soccer players have to wear protective gear so they don't injure their shins.
A fishplate for a railway
Where this word comes from
From Middle English schyne, from Old English scinu, from Proto-West Germanic *skinu, from Proto-Germanic *skinō. Cognate with West Frisian skine, Dutch scheen, German Schiene. Not related to skin.
To climb up or lower oneself down a mast, tree, rope, or the like, by embracing it alternately with the arms and legs, without help of steps, spurs, or the like.
to shin up a mast
To strike with the shin.
To run about borrowing money hastily and temporarily, as when trying to make a payment.
Where this word comes from
From Middle English schyne, from Old English scinu, from Proto-West Germanic *skinu, from Proto-Germanic *skinō. Cognate with West Frisian skine, Dutch scheen, German Schiene. Not related to skin.
The twenty-first letter of many Semitic alphabets/abjads (Phoenician, Aramaic, Hebrew, Syriac, Arabic and others): Shin (letter) on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
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