flanken

[ flahng-kuhn ]

noun

1. a strip of meat from the front end of the short ribs of beef.
2. Jewish Cooking. a dish of this meat boiled and often served with horseradish or a horseradish-flavored sauce.

Word History and Origins

Origin of flanken¹

First recorded in 1945–50; from Yiddish, plural of flank, from German or directly from French or Old French; flank