aitchbone
aitchbone · aitchbones
A cut of beef lying above the rump boneA cut of beef lying above the rump bone.
Meaning
2 sensesA cut of beef lying above the rump bone.
a cut of beef including the H-shaped rump bone
The rump bone itself.
Origin
From rebracketing of "a nache-bone" to "an aitchbone". See natch, bone. Attested since theFrom rebracketing of "a nache-bone" to "an aitchbone". See natch, bone. Attested since the late 1400s, and initially also spelled hach- with a spurious h.
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