Definition of "loin" []

• The part of the body of a human or quadruped on either side of the backbone and between the ribs and hips. (noun)
• One of several cuts of meat, such as tenderloin, taken from this part of an animal's body, typically including the vertebrae of the segment from which it is taken. (noun)
• The region of the hips, groin, and lower abdomen. (noun)
• The reproductive organs. (noun)

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• "• For the leanest cut, look for the word loin, i.e., tenderloin, loin chops, loin roasts."
• "They wear no clothing except what they call loin-cloth or breach-cloth, and when they, go on the war-path, just as when they went to attack Fort Pitt, they are completely naked."
• "Blackbirders though descended from old New York Knickerbocker stock, surged in, clad in loin-cloth, undershirt, two belted revolvers and a sheath - knife, he was stopped at the beach."