A variant or dialectal form referring to a haunch or hip; less commonly used than 'haunch' in modern English.
An archaic or dialectal variant of 'haunch,' which comes from Old French 'hanche.' The term originally referred to the hip or side of an animal or structure, with the spelling variation reflecting regional pronunciation differences.
This is one of those words that shows how English spelling wasn't standardized until very recently—the same sound got spelled different ways depending on whether a scribe was in London or Yorkshire!
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