shinbone
2 synonyms for shinbone, grouped by meaning and by how common each one is.
Noun — The inner, and generally larger, of the two bones in the leg or hind limb beneath the knee.
Synonyms
Less common
Still standard English, but they carry more weight.
Rare, literary or technical
Precise, but they will stand out — check the sense before using one.
Etymology
Comes from Middle English schinboon, schineboon, which developed from Old English sċinbān (“shin, shinbone”), from Proto-West Germanic *skinubain, from Proto-Germanic *skinōbainą, matching shin plus bone. It is a cognate of Dutch scheenbeen (“shinbone”), German Schienbein (“shinbone”), Danish skinneben (“shin, shinbone...
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