hindquarter
[hahynd-kwawr-ter, -kwaw-]
- the posterior end of a halved carcass of beef, lamb, etc., sectioned usually between the twelfth and thirteenth ribs.
- hindquarters, the rear part of an animal.
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Contemporary Examples of hindquarter
I have tasted quite a few in the two years he and I worked on our book, Ham: An Obsession With the Hindquarter.
Historical Examples of hindquarter
Vasilice used to have a faint mark of an old brand, a mere scar on the off hindquarter.
The Romance of the WoodsF. J. Whishaw
They are bad things to strand on a sand-bar or flat, the bottom of the boat sucking like a leech to a turtle's hindquarter.
On Yachts and Yacht HandlingThomas Fleming Day
hindquarter
- one of the two back quarters of a carcass of beef, lamb, etc
- (plural) the rear, esp of a four-legged animal
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