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Definition of Pin bone
1. Noun. Part of the sirloin between the flat bone and the porterhouse.
Definition of Pin bone
1. Noun. A long, thin bone in a fish extending sideways from the backbone. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Lexicographical Neighbors of Pin Bone
Literary usage of Pin bone
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Museum Rusticum Et Commerciale: Or, Select Papers on Agriculture, Commerce by Royal Society of Arts (Great Britain), Royal Society of Arts (Great Britain (1765)
"... the pin-bones- oa each fide in the heft manner you can, (though it fo hap- ' .
pens that the pin-bone'on the near fide is ..."
2. The American Agriculturist (1843)
"19 Girth of throat . . . .,32 Length from root of horn to pin bone . ... 9 From
point of hip or huckle to pin bone 2 3 From hip or huckle to hock or gambril ..."
3. Philadelphia Cook Book: A Manual of Home Economics by Sarah Tyson Heston Rorer (1886)
"The sirloin runs from the rib to the hip or pin bone; the rump extends from ...
ROAST BEEF The best pieces for roasting are the ribs, sirloin, and pin bone. ..."
4. Mrs. Norton's Cook-book: Selecting, Cooking, and Serving for the Home Table by Jeanette Young Norton (1917)
"The chuck and pin bone are good in stews or meat pies. Of all the steaks the
porterhouse is the best for planking. For roasting there are three prime rib ..."
5. A Dictionary of Archaic and Provincial Words, Obsolete Phrases, Proverbs by James Orchard Halliwell-Phillipps (1850)
"MS. Cantab. Ft. ¡i. 38, f. 81. PIN-BASKET. The youngest child of a family; often
the weakest and smallest. PIN-BONE. The hip-bone. Jl'est. ..."
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