aitchbone
[ eych-bohn ]
/ ˈeɪtʃˌboʊn /
noun
the rump bone, as of beef.
the cut of beef that includes this bone.
Also
edgebone.
Origin of aitchbone
1480–90; earlier
hach-boon (with spurious
h-); (
h)ach variant by misdivision as
an (
h)ach(e) of
a nache rump < Middle French < Vulgar Latin
*natica, feminine of
*naticus of the rump, equivalent to Latin
nati(s) rump,
nates +
-cus adj. suffix
Words nearby aitchbone
aisi steel,
aisle,
aisne,
ait,
aitch,
aitchbone,
aitken,
aitolía,
aius locutius,
aix-en-provence,
aix-la-chapelle
British Dictionary definitions for aitchbone
aitchbone
/ (ˈeɪtʃˌbəʊn) /
noun
the rump bone or floor of the pelvis in cattle
a cut of beef from or including the rump bone
Word Origin for aitchbone
C15 hach-boon, altered from earlier
nache-bone, nage-bone (
a nache mistaken for
an ache, an aitch; compare
adder
1);
nache buttock, via Old French from Late Latin
natica, from Latin
natis buttock