block ornament

noun1

1. •
   (slang, no longer used) A small fragment of cheap meat offered for sale by a butcher, particularly one of poor quality.

   • It is certain that in the Chinese meat stores you see a number of scraps of meat of the "block ornament" order, the dubious hue of which–usually a dingy greyish purple, with streaks of drab fat–[…] — 1885