huckle noun. ['hʌk(ǝ)l] E16.
[Dim. of HUCK noun: see -LE¹.]
The hip, the haunch.

Comb.:
huckle-back a humpback; huckle-backed adjective humpbacked; huckle-bone (a) the bone of the hip, or (occas.) the head of the femur; (b) the astragalus bone of the hock joint in a quadruped, used in games or divination; a knuckle-bone.

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