Aitchbone
1Aitchbone — Aitch bone , n. [For nachebone. For loss of n, cf. {Adder}. See {Natch}.] The bone of the rump; also, the cut of beef surrounding this bone. [Spelt also {edgebone}.] [1913 Webster] …
2aitchbone — [āch′bōn΄] n. [by faulty separation of ME a nache bone < OFr nache, buttock < VL * natica, dim. < L natis, buttock] 1. the rump bone 2. a cut of beef around the rump bone …
3aitchbone — noun Etymology: Middle English hachbon, alteration (resulting from incorrect division of a nachebon) of Middle English *nachebon, from Middle English nache buttock (from Anglo French, from Late Latin natica, from Latin natis) + bon bone Date:… …
4aitchbone — /aych bohn /, n. 1. the rump bone, as of beef. 2. the cut of beef that includes this bone. Also, edgebone. [1480 90; earlier hach boon (with spurious h ); (h)ach var. by misdivision as an (h)ach(e) of a nache rump < MF < VL *natica, fem. of… …
5aitchbone — noun a) A cut of beef lying above the rump bone b) The rump bone itself …
6aitchbone — n. rump bone, bone of the hindquarters …
7aitchbone — noun the buttock or rump bone of cattle. ↘a cut of beef lying over this. Origin C15, from dialect nache rump , from OFr., based on L. natis buttock(s) , + bone; the initial n was lost by wrong division of a nache bone …
8aitchbone — n. Edgebone, natchbone, rump bone …
9aitchbone — aitch·bone …
10aitchbone — /ˈeɪtʃboʊn/ (say aychbohn) noun 1. the rump bone, as of beef. 2. the cut of beef which includes this bone. {Middle English nache bone; a nache bone became an aitch bone by false division into words; nache, from Old French, from Latin natis… …
