shin

noun

One of the two forms of the 21st letter of the Hebrew alphabet, distinguished from the letter sin by having a dot above the right side of the letter.

The front part of the leg below the knee and above the ankle.

The shinbone.

A cut of meat from the lower foreleg of beef cattle.

intransitive verb

To climb (a rope or pole, for example) by gripping and pulling alternately with the hands and legs.