n. A cut of meat, especially of beef, from the upper part of the loin just in front of the round. [Middle English surloine, from Old French surlonge, *surloigne : sur, above (from Latin super; see uper in the Appendix of Indo-European roots) + longe, loigne, loin; see LOIN.] |
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