hindquarter
English
noun
Definitions
- Either rear half of a side of beef, mutton, veal, lamb or by extension from another edible mammal.
- (in the plural) The hind biped (leg) of a quadruped, or all body parts situated behind the hind legs' trunk-attachment.
- (metonymy) Human behind, butt.
Etymology
Compound from English hind (behind, A servant, especially an agricultural labourer) + English quarter.
Origin
English
quarter
Gloss
Timeline
Distribution of cognates by language
Geogrpahic distribution of cognates
Cognates and derived terms
- afterhind English
- ahind English
- ahint English
- behind English
- forequarter English
- heinie English
- hind English
- hind teat English
- hind tit English
- hindberry English
- hindbrain English
- hindcloth English
- hindcrown English
- hindfoot English
- hindgut English
- hindhead English
- hindlook English
- hindmilk English
- hindmost English
- hindneck English
- hindpocket English
- hindside English
- hindsight English
- hindthought English
- hindward English
- hindwards English
- hindwater English
- hindwing English
- midquarter English
- multiquarter English
- oxhind English
- quarter English
- quarter-hour English
- quarterage English
- quarterback English
- quarterboy English
- quarterdeck English
- quarterer English
- quartereth English
- quarterfinal English
- quarterite English
- quarterization English
- quarterland English
- quarterless English
- quarterlifer English
- quarterlight English
- quarterly English
- quartermistress English
- quarterpace English
- quartersaw English
- quarterstaff English
- tri-quarter English
- quartier French
- cuara Spanish, Castilian
- クォーター Japanese
- hinde Middle English
- chwarter Welsh
- *s/m/g-rus Proto-Sino-Tibetan
- Deel Pennsylvania German
- Hinnerdeel Pennsylvania German
- hinner Pennsylvania German
- quattie Jamaican Creole
- hind
- ahint
- ahind
- oxhind
- behind
- heinie
- quarter
- hindgut
- hindmilk
- hindfoot
- hindmost
- hindneck
- hindside
- hindward
- hind tit
- hindhead
- hindwing
- hindlook
- hind teat
- hindwards
- hindberry
- hindcloth
- hindsight
- hindcrown
- quarterer
- hindwater
- quarterly
- hindbrain
- afterhind
- quartereth
- midquarter
- quarterite
- quarterage
- hindpocket
- quarterboy
- quartersaw
- quarterless
- quarterback
- hindthought
- forequarter
- tri-quarter
- quarterland
- quarterdeck
- quarterpace
- quarterlifer
- quarterfinal
- multiquarter
- quarterlight
- quarterstaff
- quarter-hour
- quarterization
- quartermistress