brisket Meaning, Definition & Usage

  1. noun a cut of meat from the breast or lower chest especially of beef

WordNet

Bris"ket noun
Etymology
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.
Definitions
  1. 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 1913