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Scots
Etymology
From Middle English brest, from Old English brēost, from Proto-West Germanic *breust, from Proto-Germanic *breustą, from Proto-Indo-European *bʰrews- (“to swell”).
Pronunciation
Noun
breest (plural breests)
- (anatomy) breast
- perpendicular face cut in a moss
- step or layer in a manure heap
- the desk board of a pew
- the front or projecting part of anything
- the cobbled slipway forming the front of a harbour
Derived terms
Verb
breest (third-person singular simple present breests, present participle breestin, simple past breestit, past participle breestit)
- to spring up or forward
- to mount a horse by gripping the mane and wriggling over
Derived terms
- breestit (“sprang up with forward motion”)