Definition of "meat hooks" []

• Large strong hand (as of a fighter) (noun)

WordNet. Princeton University. 2010.

• "He was hot-flashing scenes from his old man's shop in Brooklyn again — sawdust stored in a big cardboard barrel, the terra-cotta tile floor with white grout, handsaws, boning knives, meat hooks in the freezer room."
• "In the old days, Mr. Solasz and his sons explain, butchers relied on handsaws and a daisy chain of meat hooks to break down sides into its familiar cuts such as briskets, chucks and sirloins."