English Explanatory Dictionary

aitchbone

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. A cut of beef lying above the rump bone.
  2. The rump bone itself.

Word forms

aitchbone aitchbones aitch-bone H bone natch-bone

Etymology

From 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.

Synonyms

edgebone
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