Definition of "hench"

hench¹

/hɛnt͡ʃ/

noun
plural henches
1. (architecture) The narrow side of chimney stack, a haunch.
2. (architecture) The side of an arch from the topmost part (crown) to the bottommost part (impost).
3. (Scotland) A limp; lameness.
verb
third-person singular simple present henches, present participle henching, simple past and past participle henched
1. (Scotland) To halt or limp.

/hɛnt͡ʃ/

verb
third-person singular simple present henches, present participle henching, simple past and past participle henched
1. (comics) To be a henchman or henchwoman, usually for a supervillain.
adjective
comparative hencher, superlative henchest
1. (UK, slang, MLE) Big, strong, and muscular.
  Quotations
  It caught me off guard because it was hench. My mind was like, ‘right, this burger’s hench’. I looked at it, right, ‘that look peng’, and it hit me two thirds of the way in, I clocked that the burger was not peng at all, it was just hench.
  2016 December 9, Adam Boult, quoting Elijah Quashie, “These brilliant videos about London's takeaway chicken shops are a YouTube hit”, in The Daily Telegraph‎