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noun
- the breast of an animal, or the part of the breast lying next to the ribs.
- a cut of meat, especially beef, from this part.
noun
- the breast of a four-legged animal
- the meat from this part, esp of beef
mid-14c., brusket, perhaps from Old French bruschet, with identical sense of the English word, or from Old Norse brjosk “gristle, cartilage” (related to brjost “breast”) or Danish bryske or Middle High German brusche “lump, swelling;” from PIE *bhreus- “to swell, sprout” (see breast (n.)).