noun
brisket
BRIS-kit/ˈbrɪskɪt/
A cut of meat from the lower chest, especially of cattle.
The raw brisket has a broad fat cap over visibly grained muscle.
Etymology
Middle English brusket named an animal’s breast or rib meat, so the modern beef cut retains the older anatomical reference. Its earlier ancestry is uncertain.
In context
the naval end brisket comes from the lower part of the chest below the point end brisket
More examples
- We smoked the beef brisket slowly overnight.
- The butcher trimmed excess fat from the brisket.
- Two large briskets filled the roasting pan.
Forms
brisket · briskets
Similar words
- roast
- Describes a piece of meat for roasting, not a particular chest cut.