Shin — Defs

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

1.
The front part of the leg below the knee; the front edge of the shin bone; the lower part of the leg; the shank.
2.
A fish plate for rails.(Railbroad)

Phrases & compounds

Shin bone — the tibia.

Shin leaf — a perennial ericaceous herb (Pyrola elliptica) with a cluster of radical leaves and a raceme of greenish white flowers.

02 v. i. 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; --…

imp. & p. p. Shinned; p. pr. & vb. n. Shinning

1.
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.[Slang]
2.
To run about borrowing money hastily and temporarily, as for the payment of one's notes at the bank.[Slang, U.S.]

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