loin

Meanings

1. 1
   noun

   a cut of meat from the back of an animal between the ribs and the hip

   She roasted a loin of pork with garlic and rosemary.

2. 2
   noun

   the part of the body on either side of the spine between the lowest ribs and the hips; often plural and literary

   The doctor examined a swelling in the patient's left loin.

From Middle English loyne, via Old French loigne from a Vulgar Latin form based on Latin lumbus 'loin'.

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