brisket
noun/ˈbɹɪskɪt/
Etymology From Middle English brusket, probably from Old Danish bryske (“cartilage, gristle”), from Old Norse brjósk, from Proto-Germanic *briuskiz (compare German Brausche (“knot on the head”)). Cognate with Danish brusk, Icelandic brjósk.
1
The chest of an animal.
2
A cut of meat taken from the chest, especially from the section under the first five ribs.
- Right after chili, smoked beef brisket could easily be the state food of Texas.2016, Samantha Skaggs, Real Food Slow Cooker Suppers, Page Street Publishing, →ISBN, page 146:
3
A smoked meat dish made from cow brisket popular in Texas.
- Derived terms
- brisket disease