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Webster 1913 Edition

Brisket

Bris′ket

,
Noun.
[OE.
bruskette
, OF.
bruschet
, F.
bréchet
,
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.
[See Illust. of
Beef
.]

Webster 1828 Edition

Brisket

BRISK'ET

,
Noun.
The breast of an animal; or that part of the breast that lies next to the ribs. The fore part of the neck of a horse, at the shoulder down to the fore legs.

Definition 2024

brisket

brisket

English

Noun

brisket ‎(plural briskets)

  1. The chest of an animal
  2. A cut of meat taken from this area, especially from the section under the first five ribs

Translations

Etymology

Middle English brusket, probably from Old Norse / Old Danish bryske ‘cartilage, gristle’ (modern brusk), from Proto-Germanic *breuskiz (compare German Brausche ‘knot on the head’), from Proto-Indo-European *bʰreus- ‘to break’. More at bruise.

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