hinderlin noun3 •(Scotland) A worthless degenerate.How say you, my lusty compeers; shall we permit a hinderlin to sit at board with us, and brand us with the name of cowards? — 1808 •[in the plural] (Scotland) The buttocks.We downa bide the coercion of gude braid-claith about our hinderlans; […] — 1817 •(Scotland) Alternative spelling of hinderling. formshinderlins