noun.
The ribs and meat taken from the chest of an animal.
The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
noun.
The breast of an animal, or that part of the breast that lies next to the ribs; in a horse, the part extending from the neck at the shoulder down to the fore legs.
the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English
noun.
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.