shinbone
The inner and usually the larger of the two bones of the leg or hind limb below the kneeThe inner and usually the larger of the two bones of the leg or hind limb below the knee
» He broke his shinbone.
Meaning
2 sensesThe inner and usually the larger of the two bones of the leg or hind limb below the knee
Schienbein
большеберцо́вая костьbolʹšebercóvaja kostʹ
велика гомілкова кісткаvelyka homilkova kistka, великогомілкова кісткаvelykohomilkova kistka
the inner and thicker of the two bones of the human leg between the knee and ankle
A segment of an insect's leg.
Examples
4 sentencesHe broke his shinbone.
My shinbone was injured.
deIch habe mich am Schienbein verletzt. — felix63
He has broken his shinbone.
My shinbone hurts. It's probably periostitis.
Translations
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Origin
From Middle English schinboon, schineboon, from Old English sċinbān (“shin, shinbone”), frFrom Middle English schinboon, schineboon, from Old English sċinbān (“shin, shinbone”), from Proto-West Germanic *skinubain, from Proto-Germanic *skinōbainą, equivalent to shin + bone. Cognate with Dutch scheenbeen (“shinbone”), German Schienbein (“shinbone”), Danish skinneben (“shin, shinbone”), Swedish skenben (“shinbone”).
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