Meaning

3 senses

  1. The narrow side of chimney stack, a haunch.

  2. The side of an arch from the topmost part (crown) to the bottommost part (impost).

  3. (Scotland)A limp; lameness.

Origin

Variant of haunch.

Variant of haunch.

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Forms

plural: henches
Singularhench
Pluralhenches

regular

See also

neighbours in the dictionary
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