shinbone
English
Etymology
From Middle English schinboon, schineboon, from Old English sċinbān (“shin, shinbone”), from Proto-Germanic *skinōbainą, equivalent to shin + bone. Cognate with Dutch scheenbeen (“shinbone”), German Schienbein (“shinbone”), Danish skinneben (“shin, shinbone”), Swedish skenben (“shinbone”).
Noun
shinbone (plural shinbones)
Synonyms
- tibia, shankbone
Derived terms
Translations
inner bone of the hind limb below the knee
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