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WordReference Random House Unabridged Dictionary of American English © 2024aitch•bone (āch′bōn′),USA pronunciation n. - the rump bone, as of beef.
- the cut of beef that includes this bone.
Also, edgebone. - Vulgar Latin *natica, feminine of *naticus of the rump, equivalent. to Latin nati(s) rump, nates + -cus adjective, adjectival suffix
- Middle French
- 1480–90; earlier hach-boon (with spurious h-); (h)ach variant by misdivision as an (h)ach(e) of a nache rump
Collins Concise English Dictionary © HarperCollins Publishers:: aitchbone /ˈeɪtʃˌbəʊn/ n - the rump bone or floor of the pelvis in cattle
- a cut of beef from or including the rump bone
Etymology: 15th Century hach-boon, altered from earlier nache-bone, nage-bone (a nache mistaken for an ache, an aitch; compare adder1); nache buttock, via Old French from Late Latin natica, from Latin natis buttock |