Posted by Peter H on September 21, 2002 at 18:35:01 from 62.6.102.16 user Peter_H.
In Reply to: Re: American cloth = oilcloth posted by John Wilson on September 21, 2002 at 06:43:25:
Brawn is potted (i.e. pickled or preserved) meat, usually pork, taken from the pig's head (cheek, if I remember rightly). The dictionary defines it as boar meat.