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Definition of Rump

Rump
Rump Rump, n. [OE. rumpe; akin to D. romp trunk, body, LG. rump, G. rumpf, Dan. rumpe rump, Icel. rumpr, Sw. rumpa rump, tail.] 1. The end of the backbone of an animal, with the parts adjacent; the buttock or buttocks. 2. Among butchers, the piece of beef between the sirloin and the aitchbone piece. See Illust. of Beef. 3. Fig.: The hind or tail end; a fag-end; a remnant. Rump Parliament, or The Rump (Eng. Hist.), the remnant of the Long Parliament after the expulsion by Cromwell in 1648 of those who opposed his purposes. It was dissolved by Cromwell in 1653, but twice revived for brief sessions, ending finally in 1659. The Rump abolished the House of Lords, the army abolished the Rump, and by this army of saints Cromwell governed. --Swift. Rump steak, a beefsteak from the rump. --Goldsmith.

Meaning of Rump from wikipedia

- Look up rump in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. Rump may refer to: Rump (animal) Buttocks Rump steak, slightly different cuts of meat in Britain and...
- Rump steak is a cut of beef. The rump is the division between the leg and the chine cut right through the aitch bone. It may refer to: A steak from the...
- A rump state is the remnant of a once larger state that was reduced in the wake of secession, annexation, occupation, decolonization, a successful coup...
- The Rump Parliament was the English Parliament after Colonel Thomas Pride had commanded his soldiers, on 6 December 1648, to purge the Long Parliament...
- through "An Act declaring England to be a Commonwealth", adopted by the Rump Parliament on 19 May 1649. Power in the early Commonwealth was vested primarily...
- The rump or croup, in the external morphology of an animal, is the portion of the posterior dorsum – that is, posterior to the loins and anterior to the...
- top sirloin cap, rump cover, rump cap, or culotte (French). American butchers generally divide this cut into other cuts like the rump, the round, and the...
- The NetBSD rump kernel is the first implementation of the "anykernel" concept where drivers either can be compiled into or run in the monolithic kernel...
- A rump legislature is a legislature formed of part, usually a minority, of the legislators originally elected or appointed to office. The word "rump" normally...
- The Rumps (Cornish: Din Pentir, meaning fort at Pentire) (grid reference SW 934 810) is a twin-headland promontory at the north-east corner of Pentire...