aitchbone

See also: aitch-bone

English

Alternative forms

• aitch-bone, H bone, natch-bone

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.

Noun

aitchbone (plural aitchbones)

1. A cut of beef lying above the rump bone.
2. The rump bone itself.

Synonyms

• edgebone