Brest
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Webster's Dictionary [1]
(1): (n.) Alt. of Breast
(2): (3d sing.pr.) for Bursteth.
The Nuttall Encyclopedia [2]
A strongly-fortified naval station in the extreme NW. of France; one of the chief naval stations in France, with a magnificent harbour, and one of the safest, first made a marine arsenal by Richelieu; has large shipbuilding yards and arsenal; its industries are chiefly related to naval equipment, with leather, waxcloth, and paper manufactures.
