BRISKET

brisket

(noun) a cut of meat from the breast or lower chest especially of beef

Source: WordNet® 3.1

Etymology

Noun

brisket (countable and uncountable, plural briskets)

The chest of an animal

A cut of meat taken from the chest, especially from the section under the first five ribs

Anagrams

• beskirt

Source: Wiktionary

Bris"ket, n. Etym: [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.]

Definition: 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.]

Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition