different between loin vs topline

English

Etymology

From Middle English loyne, from Old French loigne, from Latin lumbus, ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *lend?- (“kidney, waist”). Cognate with Old English lendenu, Dutch lende, German Lende, Swedish länd (“haunch, loin”), Proto-Slavic *l?dv?ja (Russian ??????? (ljádveja)). See also lend.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /l??n/
• Rhymes: -??n

Noun

loin (plural loins)

1. The part of the body (of humans and quadrupeds) at each side of the backbone, between the ribs and hips
2. Any of several cuts of meat taken from this part of an animal

Usage notes

The plural loins is used for a wider body region, or specifically as a euphemism for the pubic region.

Derived terms

Related terms

• lumbago
• lumbar

Translations

Anagrams

• Lion, Nilo-, Olin, lino, lion, noil

Finnish

Verb

loin

1. First-person singular indicative past form of luoda.

Anagrams

• ilon, lino, olin

French

Etymology

Inherited from Latin long?, from the adjective longus (“long, far-off”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /lw??/
• Rhymes: -w??

Adverb

loin

1. Far, distant.

   L'église est loin de l'usine.

   The church is far from the factory.

Usage notes

• Loin is typically construed with de (“of, from”). Indeed, loin de may be thought of as a single compound preposition; for example, one says loin duquel (“far from which”), not *dont […] loin (“from which […] far”).

Synonyms

• éloigné

Antonyms

• (far): près, proche

Derived terms

Related terms

• éloigner (verb)
• lointain (adjective)

Further reading

• “loin” in Trésor de la langue française informatisé (The Digitized Treasury of the French Language).

Anagrams

• lion, Lion

Irish

Alternative forms

• luin (obsolete)

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [l???n?]

Noun

loin m

1. genitive singular of lon

English

Etymology

top +? line

Noun

topline (plural toplines)

1. The upper curvature of a horse's or dog's withers, back, and loin.
   • 2002, Ted S. Stashak, Ora Robert Adams, Adams' Lameness in Horses (page 75)

     When viewing the horse in profile, attention must be paid to the curvature and proportions of the topline.

2. Principal billing.
   • 1969, Ebony magazine (volume 24, number 9, July 1969, page 146)

     In recent weeks Cosby has, perhaps more than any other topline entertainer of the moment, been both at the pinnacle and at the crossroads.

Verb

topline (third-person singular simple present toplines, present participle toplining, simple past and past participle toplined)

1. (transitive) To bill (a performer) as the primary entertainer in a production.
   • 1983, John Kobal, A History of Movie Musicals: Gotta Sing, Gotta Dance (page 147)

     A popular series of musical shorts he made for Mack Sennett's company in 1930 added to his success as a radio vocalist, and had made him a star by the end of 1931, when Paramount toplined him in The Big Broadcast […]

2. (transitive) To be billed as the primary entertainer in (a production).
   • Variety [1]

     [Whitney] Houston's success in music led her to topline the features "Waiting to Exhale," "The Preacher's Wife" and the telefilm "Cinderella."

   • 2009, Robert Viagas, I'm the Greatest Star

     Over the next few years he toplined three "Encores!" productions […]

Derived terms

• topliner

Anagrams

• pointel, pontile, potline