Shinbone

Shinbone: The larger of the two bones in the lower leg (the smaller one being the fibula). The shinbone is anatomically known as the tibia. "Tibia" is a Latin word meaning both shinbone and flute. It is thought that "tibia" refers to both the bone and the musical instrument because flutes were once fashioned from the tibia (of animals). Incidentally, "fibula" is also from the Latin and means a clasp or brooch. The fibula was likened by the ancients to a clasp attaching it to the tibia to form a brooch.
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shin·bone 'shin-'bōn, -.bōn n TIBIA

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shinbone — [shin′bōn΄] n. TIBIA (sense 1) … English World dictionary
shinbone — UK [ˈʃɪnˌbəʊn] / US [ˈʃɪnˌboʊn] noun [countable] Word forms shinbone : singular shinbone plural shinbones the bone in the lower front part of your leg, between your knee and your ankle … English dictionary
Shinbone Alley — Infobox Musical name= Shinbone Alley subtitle= image size= 150px caption= music= George Kleinsinger lyrics= Joe Darion book= Joe Darion Mel Brooks basis= Don Marquis s New York Tribune columns Archy and Mehitabel productions= 1957 Broadway 1960… … Wikipedia
shinbone — noun Date: before 12th century tibia 1 … New Collegiate Dictionary
shinbone — /shin bohn /, n. the tibia. [bef. 1000; ME; OE scinban. See SHIN1, BONE] * * * … Universalium
shinbone — noun The tibia … Wiktionary
shinbone — shin|bone [ˈʃınbəun US boun] n the front bone in your leg below your knee = ↑tibia … Dictionary of contemporary English
shinbone — shin|bone [ ʃın,boun ] noun count the bone in the lower front part of your leg, between your knee and your ANKLE … Usage of the words and phrases in modern English
shinbone — n. tibia, bone located at the front of the lower leg (Anatomy) … English contemporary dictionary
shinbone — noun (C) the front bone in your leg below your knee; tibia … Longman dictionary of contemporary English

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