huxen

/ˈhʌksən/

huxen means the hough; the back of the hip.

huxen is pronounced /ˈhʌksən/.

Etymology

Inherited from Middle English *hoxene, *huxene (only attested as hokschyne, with alteration after schyne), from Old English hōhsinu, from Proto-West Germanic *hą̄hasinu, from Proto-Germanic *hanhasinwō, from *hanhaz (“heel”) + *senawō (“sinew”). Compare hough, hox, and sinew.

noun

The hough; the back of the hip.

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