noun
Meaning 1
A cut of beef lying above the rump bone.
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Standard Lemma guide
aitchbone
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noun
Meaning 2
The rump bone itself.
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noun
Meaning 3
a cut of beef including the H-shaped rump bone
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Broader terms: cut of beef
History
Etymology
From rebracketing of "a nache-bone" to "an aitchbone". See natch, bone. Attested since the late 1400s, and initially also spelled hach- with a spurious h.