<p><strong>Noun</strong></p><ul><li>a cut of meat from the heavy-muscled part of a hog's rear quarter, between hip and hock, usually cured.</li><li>that part of a hog's hind leg.</li><li>the part of the leg back of the knee.</li><li>Often hams.</li><li>the back of the thigh, or the thigh and the buttock together.</li></ul>