noun, masculine/bʁe.ʃɛ/plural: bréchets
keel (of a bird); human sternum
Synonyms: crête sternale, quille
Inherited from Middle French brechet, brichet, bruchet, from Middle English brusket (whence modern English brisket), from Old Danish bryske, from Old Norse brjósk, from Proto-Germanic *breuską, from Proto-Indo-European *bʰrews- (“to break”). Cognate with German Brausche (“bruise, bump”).