Shin
Shin , noun
[Old English shine, schine, Anglo-Saxon scina; akin to Dutch scheen, Old High German scina, German schiene, schienbein, Danish skinnebeen, Swedish skenben. Compare Chine.]
1.
The front part of the leg below the knee; the front edge of the shin bone; the lower part of the leg; the shank.
On his shin.
2.
(Railbroad) A fish plate for rails. — Knight
Collocations (2)
Shin bone (Anatomy) , the tibia.
Shin leaf (Botany) , a perennial ericaceous herb (Pyrola elliptica) with a cluster of radical leaves and a raceme of greenish white flowers.
Shin , intransitive 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; -- used with up; as, to shin up a mast. [Slang]
2.
To run about borrowing money hastily and temporarily, as for the payment of one's notes at the bank. [Slang, United States] — Bartlett
Shin , transitive verb
To climb (a pole, etc.) by shinning up. [Slang]