The Collaborative International Dictionary of English. 2000.
aitchbone — [āch′bōn΄] n. [by faulty separation of ME a nache bone < OFr nache, buttock < VL * natica, dim. < L natis, buttock] 1. the rump bone 2. a cut of beef around the rump bone … English World dictionary
aitchbone — noun Etymology: Middle English hachbon, alteration (resulting from incorrect division of a nachebon) of Middle English *nachebon, from Middle English nache buttock (from Anglo French, from Late Latin natica, from Latin natis) + bon bone Date:… … New Collegiate Dictionary
aitchbone — /aych bohn /, n. 1. the rump bone, as of beef. 2. the cut of beef that includes this bone. Also, edgebone. [1480 90; earlier hach boon (with spurious h ); (h)ach var. by misdivision as an (h)ach(e) of a nache rump < MF < VL *natica, fem. of… … Universalium
aitchbone — noun a) A cut of beef lying above the rump bone b) The rump bone itself … Wiktionary
aitchbone — n. rump bone, bone of the hindquarters … English contemporary dictionary
aitchbone — noun the buttock or rump bone of cattle. ↘a cut of beef lying over this. Origin C15, from dialect nache rump , from OFr., based on L. natis buttock(s) , + bone; the initial n was lost by wrong division of a nache bone … English new terms dictionary
aitchbone — n. Edgebone, natchbone, rump bone … New dictionary of synonyms
aitchbone — aitch·bone … English syllables
aitchbone — /ˈeɪtʃboʊn/ (say aychbohn) noun 1. the rump bone, as of beef. 2. the cut of beef which includes this bone. {Middle English nache bone; a nache bone became an aitch bone by false division into words; nache, from Old French, from Latin natis… …
aitchbone — n. 1 the buttock or rump bone. 2 a cut of beef lying over this. Etymology: ME nage , nache bone buttock, ult. f. L natis, es buttock(s): for loss of n cf. ADDER, APRON … Useful english dictionary
