'Brisket' definitions:
Definition of 'brisket'
(from WordNet)
noun
A cut of meat from the breast or lower chest especially of beef
Definition of 'Brisket'
From: GCIDE
- 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.] [1913 Webster]