'Rump steak' definitions:
Definition of 'rump steak'
From: WordNet
noun
A steak cut from the rump
Definition of 'Rump steak'
From: GCIDE
- Rump \Rump\, n. [OE. rumpe; akin to D. romp trunk, body, LG. rump, G. rumpf, Dan. rumpe rump, Icel. rumpr, Sw. rumpa rump, tail.]
- 1. The end of the backbone of an animal, with the parts adjacent; the buttock or buttocks. [1913 Webster]
- 2. Among butchers, the piece of beef between the sirloin and the aitchbone piece. See Illust. of Beef. [1913 Webster]
- 3. Fig.: The hind or tail end; a fag-end; a remnant. [1913 Webster]
- Rump Parliament, or The Rump (Eng. Hist.), the remnant of the Long Parliament after the expulsion by Cromwell in
- 1648 of those who opposed his purposes. It was dissolved by Cromwell in 1653, but twice revived for brief sessions, ending finally in 1659. [1913 Webster]
- The Rump abolished the House of Lords, the army abolished the Rump, and by this army of saints Cromwell governed. --Swift. [1913 Webster]
- Rump steak, a beefsteak from the rump. --Goldsmith. [1913 Webster]