: the front half of a lateral half of the body or carcass of a quadruped
a forequarter of beef
Example Sentences
Recent Examples on the WebThe beef back ribs are trimmed off the outside of prime rib (part of the rib primal behind the forequarters) and consist of seven rib bones. Claire Perez, sun-sentinel.com, 15 Nov. 2019 And if only beef from the forequarter is permitted, how will observant Jews parse meat grown in a lab, no bones and no quarters at all?Washington Post, 12 Sep. 2019