shinbone

[ shin-bohn ]
/ ˈʃɪnˌboʊn /

noun

the tibia.

Origin of shinbone

before 1000; Middle English; Old English scinbān. See shin1, bone

Words nearby shinbone

Example sentences from the Web for shinbone

  • He drove the toe of his shoe squarely against the shinbone of the big man.

    What's-His-Name |George Barr McCutcheon
  • They took his shinbone, cut off each end, and used it to juggle up and catch on the back of the hand.

    Seven Mohave Myths |A. L. Kroeber
  • The maddened animal had struck him on the shinbone, and wounded him.

    Legends of the Rhine |Wilhelm Ruland
  • No, not a vestage of the fossil is there, not a skull, not a shinbone.

    The Book of Khalid |Ameen Rihani

British Dictionary definitions for shinbone

shinbone
/ (ˈʃɪnˌbəʊn) /

noun

the nontechnical name for tibia (def. 1)

Medical definitions for shinbone

shinbone
[ shĭnbōn′ ]

n.

tibia