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bris⋅ket

  [bris-kit]
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–noun
1. the breast of an animal, or the part of the breast lying next to the ribs.
2. a cut of meat, esp. beef, from this part.

Origin:
1300–50; ME brusket, perh. < ON brjōsk cartilage
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bris·ket   (brĭs'kĭt)   


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n.  
  1. The chest of an animal.
  2. The ribs and meat taken from the chest of an animal.

[Middle English brusket, perhaps of Scandinavian origin.]
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Brisket

Bris"ket\, n. [OE. bruskette, OF. bruschet, F. br['e]chet, brichet; prob. of Celtic origin; cf. W. brysced the breast of a slain animal, brisket, Corn. vrys breast, Armor. brusk, bruched, the front of the chest, Gael. brisgein the cartilaginous part of a bone.] That part of the breast of an animal which extends from the fore legs back beneath the ribs; also applied to the fore part of a horse, from the shoulders to the bottom of the chest.

Note: [See Illust. of Beef.]
Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary, © 1996, 1998 MICRA, Inc.
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brisket 
1338, perhaps from O.Fr. bruschet, with identical sense of the Eng. word, or from O.N. brjosk "gristle" (related to brjost "breast") or Dan. bryske or M.H.G. brusche "lump, swelling."
Online Etymology Dictionary, © 2001 Douglas Harper
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Main Entry: bris·ket
Pronunciation: 'bris-k&t
Function: noun
: the breast or lower chest of a quadruped animal
Merriam-Webster's Medical Dictionary, © 2002 Merriam-Webster, Inc.
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