имя существительное 1) а) поясница б) [кулинария] филейная часть 2) (loins) [литературно-книжное] лоно, чресла Например: sprung from somebody's loins [литературно-книжное] — порождённый кем-либо (о потомстве) to gird up one's loins [библеистика, поэтическое] — препоясать чресла, приступить (к чему-либо)
noun Etymology: Middle English loyne, from Anglo-French loigne, from Vulgar Latin *lumbea, from Latin lumbus; akin to Old English lendenu loins, Old Church Slavic lędviję 1. a. the part of a human being or quadruped on each side of the spinal column between the hipbone and the false ribs b. a cut of meat comprising this part of one or both sides of a carcass with the adjoining half of the vertebrae included but without the flank 2. plural a. the upper and lower abdominal regions and the region about the hips b. (1) the pubic region (2) the reproductive organs