معنی کلمه :‌ hamstring

Primatical. [R.] D'Anville (Trans. ).

To lame or disable by cutting the tendons of the ham or knee; to hough; hence, to cripple; to incapacitate; to disable.

One of the great tendons situated in each side of the ham, or space back of the knee, and connected with the muscles of the back of the thigh.