hindquarter
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.
Origin of hindquarter
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How to use hindquarter in a sentence
We soon found it too heavy to carry that way, so skinned it and hung up the foreparts and took the skin and hindquarters.
Fifty Years a Hunter and Trapper | Eldred Nathaniel WoodcockHe stooped to examine the dead wolf, catching it by the tail and hoisting its hindquarters off the ground.
The Time Traders | Andre NortonAt this great oath the horse stood up on his fore-feet, and sat like a dog on his hindquarters.
The Yellow Rose | Mr JkaiHe strained on the traces, exposing to them only his hindquarters, running well ahead, and keeping his throat safe.
Murder Point | Coningsby DawsonBut to-day he caught the edge of it, and he knew why Gray Wolf's ears flattened, and her hindquarters drooped.
Kazan | James Oliver Curwood
British Dictionary definitions for hindquarter
/ (ˈhaɪndˌkwɔːtə) /
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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