shin

the front part of the human leg between the knee and the ankle

a cut of meat from the lower part of the leg

the 22nd letter of the Hebrew alphabet

the inner and thicker of the two bones of the human leg between the knee and ankle

The front part of the leg below the knee; the front edge of the shin bone; the lower part of the leg; the shank.

climb awkwardly, as if by scrambling

To climb a mast, tree, rope, or the like, by embracing it alternately with the arms and legs, without help of steps, spurs, or the like; -- used with up; as, to shin up a mast.

To climb (a pole, etc.) by shinning up.