hindquarter
nounUS /ˈhaɪndˌk(w)ɔɹtɚ/
Etymology From hind + quarter.
1
Either rear half of a side of beef, mutton, veal, lamb or by extension from another edible mammal.
2
In plural The hind biped (leg) of a quadruped, or all body parts situated behind the hind legs' trunk-attachment.
- While Major was speaking four large rats had crept out of their holes and were sitting on their hindquarters, listening to him.1943 November – 1944 February (date written; published 1945 August 17), George Orwell [pseudonym; Eric Arthur Blair], Animal Farm […], London: Secker & Warburg, published May 1962, →OCLC:
3
Derogatory, Metonymically, Plural normally Human behind, butt.