vleesboom

== Dutch == === Etymology === Compound of vlees (“meat, flesh”) +‎ boom (“beam, tree”). === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /ˈvleːs.boːm/ Hyphenation: vlees‧boom === Noun === vleesboom m (plural vleesbomen, diminutive vleesboompje n) (now dated, rare) beam for hanging an animal carcass to be butchered 1608, Manuscript of the regulations of Antwerp (no. 18432), part 2, par. 11, in G. de Longé, Coutumes de la villa d'Anvers, in Coutumes du pays et duché de Brabant, vol. 3, 1872, page 174. 1939 March 28, "Te koop", De Tijd, evening edition, page 8 (pathology) uterine fibroid, uterine myoma; (now uncommon) any myoma === Further reading === vleesboom on the Dutch Wikipedia.Wikipedia nl