Definition of Foreshank

1. Noun. A cut of meat from the upper part of a front leg.

Generic synonyms: Shank

Definition of Foreshank

1. Noun. The upper part of cattle's foreleg ¹

2. Noun. A cut of meat from this part ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Definition of Foreshank

1. [n -S]

Lexicographical Neighbors of Foreshank

foresees
foreseize
foreseized
foreseizing
foresend
foreset
foresetting
foreshadow
foreshadowed
foreshadower
foreshadowers
foreshadowing
foreshadowings
foreshadows
foreshame
foreshank (current term)
foreshanks
foreshape
foresheet
foresheets
foreshew
foreshewed
foreshewing
foreshewn
foreshews
foreship
foreships
foreshock
foreshocks
foreshore

Literary usage of Foreshank

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. Foods and Sanitation: A Text-book and Laboratory Manual for High Schools by Edith Hall Forster, Mildred Weigley (1914)
"The following list gives the cuts of beef in the order of the amounts of extractives: Round, 2%. Clod, foreshank, 1.75%. ..."

2. Modern American Tanning: A Practical Treatise on the Manufacture of Leather (1910)
"Before boarding let lie in pile for a while to allow the dampness to penetrate evenly; then grain two ways from tail to foreshank and from hind shank to top ..."

3. Principles of Human Nutrition: A Study in Practical Dietetics by Whitman Howard Jordan (1912)
"foreshank. 15. Hind shank. Fio. 14. — Diagrams of cuts of veal. 1. Neck. 5. Breast. 2. Chuck. 3. Shoulder. 4. Fore shank. 6. Ribs. 7. Loin. 8. Flank. 9. ..."

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