noun

• 1The buttock or rump bone of cattle.

  ‘It also contains aitchbone and a fat covering on the outer muscle.’

  More example sentences

  • ‘The bone at the sirloin end - the aitchbone - can be removed by the butcher, which makes carving the complicated lamb leg much easier.’
  • ‘Cut along a line following the line of the aitchbone and through the ball and socket. Remove the aitchbone.’
  • ‘The aitchbone may be cut in a fully automatic operation performed when the carcass is suspended on overhead rails.’

  1. 1.1A cut of beef lying over the aitchbone.
     ‘Terrine of aitchbone and vegetables at a selection of season salads and filled horseradish crêpe’
     More example sentences

     • ‘Organic Beef Aitchbone Joint.’
     • ‘He also promised that he would get an aitchbone of beef for all the family weddings.’
     • ‘I find aitchbone or topside good enough.’
     • ‘To slice, cut parallel to the aitchbone on a diagonal.’
     • ‘Technical service supervisors pull 10 samples from the conveyor hourly and measure them on each side for length of shoulder scribe, rib scribe, neck bone and aitchbone.’
     • ‘The aitchbone forms part of the silverside and contains the tail-bone.’