From Longman Dictionary of Contemporary Englishloinloin /lɔɪn/ noun 1 → loins2 [countable, uncountable]DF a piece of meat from the lower part of an animal’s back roast loin of pork → gird (up) your loins at gird(1)
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loin• He goes steps up and it is too much good: his belly is fat and he empties his loins often.• Place rabbit loins down center of mold, then top with remaining meat mixture, filling terrine to top.• Roasts are center cut, blade or rib end, and sirloin loin.• Chops from the loin are rib, loin, and butterfly.• The trouble is, many of us don't come out of the loins of righteous people.• Again he ran his gaze down his reflection from shoulder to loins.Origin loin (1300-1400) Old French loigne, from Latin lumbus 