aitchbone

American  

[eych-bohn] / ˈeɪtʃˌboʊn /

noun

1. the rump bone, as of beef.

2. the cut of beef that includes this bone.

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aitchbone British  

/ ˈeɪtʃˌbəʊn /

noun

1. the rump bone or floor of the pelvis in cattle

2. a cut of beef from or including the rump bone

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Etymology

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