Brest is also a possible misspelling for breast, part of a vertebrate's body, prominent in bipeds, e.g., humans, other primates, and birds.
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The chief street of Brest bears the name of rue de Siam, in honor of the Siamese embassy sent to Louis XIV., and terminates at the remarkable swing-bridge, constructed in 1861, which crosses the mouth of the Penfeld.
Brest is the capital of one of the five naval arrondissements of France.
Brest is the seat of a sub-prefect and has tribunals of first instance and of commerce, a chamber of commerce, a board of trade-arbitrators, two naval tribunals, and a tribunal of maritime commerce.
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