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Definition of "forequarter" []

  • The front section of a side of meat. (noun)
  • The foreleg, shoulder, and adjacent lateral parts of an animal, especially a horse. (noun)

American Heritage(R) Dictionary of the English Language, Fifth Edition. Copyright (c) 2011 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. All rights reserved.

Use "forequarter" in a sentence
  • "If fresh the vein in the neck of a forequarter is bluish; if green or yellow it is stale."
  • "And started laying into the sinewy buffalo forequarter."
  • "Mark and his older brother Scott learned how to swing a forequarter early in the morning before school."