noun ·Rare ·Advanced level

Definitions

Noun

1. 1
   The upper part of the foreleg of cattle.
2. 2
   a cut of meat from the upper part of a front leg wordnet
3. 3
   A cut of meat from this part.

Etymology

From fore- + shank.

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