brawn
Concise Oxford English Dictionary © 2008 Oxford University Press:
brawn/brɔːn/
▶noun
- 1 physical strength as opposed to intelligence.
- 2 Brit. cooked meat from a pig's or calf's head, pressed with jelly.
– derivatives
brawniness noun,
brawny adjective (brawnier, brawniest).
brawniness noun,
brawny adjective (brawnier, brawniest).
– origin ME: from OFr. braon ‘fleshy part of the leg’, of Gmc origin.
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