hockshin

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• hock — English has three words hock. The oldest, ‘joint of a quadruped corresponding to the human ankle’ [16], is short for an earlier hockshin, which comes from Old English hōhsinu. This meant literally ‘heel sinew’, and the hōh came from the same… …   The Hutchinson dictionary of word origins

• hock — {{11}}hock (n.1) joint in the hind leg of a horse, mid 15c., earlier hockshin (late 14c.), from O.E. hohsinu sinew of the heel, Achilles tendon, lit. heel sinew, from hoh heel, from P.Gmc. *hanhaz (Cf. Ger. Hachse hock, O.E. hæla heel ), from PIE …   Etymology dictionary

• hock — English has three words hock. The oldest, ‘joint of a quadruped corresponding to the human ankle’ [16], is short for an earlier hockshin, which comes from Old English hōhsinu. This meant literally ‘heel sinew’, and the hōh came from the same… …   Word origins

• hock — 1. n. 1 the joint of a quadruped s hind leg between the knee and the fetlock. 2 a knuckle of pork; the lower joint of a ham. Etymology: obs. hockshin f. OE hohsinu: see HOUGH 2. n. Brit. a German white wine from the Rhineland (properly that of… …   Useful english dictionary

• hucksheen — hucksheen, shin, son var. of hockshin, huxen …   Useful english dictionary