shinbone

Meaning

Noun

• The inner and usually the larger of the two bones of the leg or hind limb below the knee
• A segment of an insect's leg.

Related

Similar words

• tibia, shankbone

Origin

• From Middle English schinboon, schineboon, from Old English sċinbān, from Proto-Germanic *skinōbainą, equivalent to shin + bone. Cognate with Dutch scheenbeen, German Schienbein, Danish skinneben, Swedish skenben.