in geography, an excellent port-town of Brittany in France; W. long. 4° 30', and N. lat. 48° 25'.

or BREAST, in architecture, a term sometimes used for the member of a column, more usually called torus. See TORUS.

BREST-SUMMERS, in timber buildings, are pieces in the outward thereof, into which the girders are framed; this, in the ground-floor, is called a cell; and, in the garret-floor, a beam.

As to their size, it is the same with that of girders. See GIRDER.