hindquarter
Americannoun
-
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.
noun
-
one of the two back quarters of a carcass of beef, lamb, etc
-
(plural) the rear, esp of a four-legged animal
Etymology
Origin of hindquarter
Example Sentences
Examples are provided to illustrate real-world usage of words in context. Any opinions expressed do not reflect the views of Dictionary.com.
Ahmed Suliman, who runs his namesake cafe, serves a Middle Eastern menu of cabbage rolls, flageolet bean stews and chicken hindquarter with shatta and garlic sauce.
From Seattle Times ● Nov. 24, 2023
Big Smokin Hawk, known outside the show ring as Mini Pearl, is a sorrel mare on whose left hindquarter the letters S, I and D are branded.
From New York Times ● May 4, 2021
That first evening, we had a dinner of rommegrot, a kind of sour-cream porridge, and spekemat, the pungent, cured reindeer meat sliced thin from a hindquarter in the kitchen.
From Washington Post ● Sep. 20, 2018
Butcher manager Allie Christian and Aniel both set to work on the hindquarter with flexible, wicked sharp boning knives, while Dawson took a hand saw to the forequarter.
From Washington Times ● Jun. 30, 2018
“For you this will be plenty,” pronounced Tata Ndu, pointing at the same skimpy hindquarter in the dirt.
From "The Poisonwood Bible" by Barbara Kingsolver
Definitions and idiom definitions from Dictionary.com Unabridged, based on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2023
Idioms from The American Heritage® Idioms Dictionary copyright © 2002, 2001, 1995 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company.
