the front part of the leg of a vertebrate animal below the knee

a cut of meat from this part, esp from the front leg of a quadruped

a shin of beef

(usu + up/down) to climb by gripping with the hands or arms and the legs and hauling oneself up or lowering oneself down

The boy shinned up the tree

to kick (somebody) on the shins

to climb (something) by shinning