Meaning

noun the front part of the human leg between the knee and the ankle

verb climb awkwardly, as if by scrambling

noun a cut of meat from the lower part of the leg

originFrom 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.

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