The Collaborative International Dictionary
Hance \Hance\ (h[a^]ns), Hanch \Hanch\ (h[a^]nch), n. [See Hanse.]
(Arch.) See Hanse.
(Naut.) A sudden fall or break, as the fall of the fife rail down to the gangway.
Wiktionary
Etymology 1 n. (alternative form of hance English) Etymology 2
n. (alternative form of haunch English)
Usage examples of "hanch".
Congressman I give six Spanish pieces and a hanch of venison to get me allotted stipend raised from eleven to twelve dollars.
Venaient dresser un etalage Qui rendait plus beau le passage, Au grand bien de tout reposant, Et honneur dudit exposant, Qui, tous les jours dessus ses hanches, Excepte fetes et dimanches, Temps de vacances a tout trafic, Faisoit debiter au public Denree a produire doctrine Dans la substance cerebrine.
Le galbe evase de ses hanches: had one ever read a French novel in which that phrase didn't occur?