shin

Meaning

Noun

1. The front part of the leg below the knee; the front edge of the shin bone: Shinbone on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
2. A fishplate for a railway

Verb

1. To climb a mast, tree, rope, or the like, by embracing it alternately with the arms and legs, without help of steps, spurs, or the like.
2. To strike with the shin.
3. (slang) To run about borrowing money hastily and temporarily, as when trying to make a payment.

Concepts

shin

shank

lower leg

leg

tibia

shinbone

shin bone

shinny

climb

scramble

calf

shankbone

foreleg

clamber

skin

sputter

struggle

handle of pot

front of lower leg

one’s weak point

limb

swarm

fish plate

joint plate

patch plate

splice plate

foot

calf of leg

shin-bone

ascend

climb on

climb up

escalade

scale

legs

crus

suddenly

defect

halt

tired

Pronounced as (IPA)

/ʃɪn/

Etymology

From Middle English schyne, from Old English scinu, from Proto-West Germanic *skinu, from Proto-Germanic *skinō. Cognate with West Frisian skine, Dutch scheen, German Schiene. Not related to skin.