basset

See also bâsset, and Basset

English

Wikipedia

Etymology

From French bassette, from Italian bassetta.

Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA: /ˈbæsɪt/

Noun

basset (countable and uncountable; plural bassets)

1. (geology) The edge of a geological stratum at the surface of the ground; the outcrop.
2. (uncountable) A card game resembling faro.
   • Rowe

     Some dress, some dance, some play, not to forget / Your piquet parties, and your dear basset.

See also

• basset hound
• basset horn

Verb

basset (third-person singular simple present bassets, present participle basseting, simple past and past participle basseted)

1. (geology, intransitive) To incline upward so as to appear at the surface.

   A vein of coal bassets.

Anagrams

• basest
• bastes
• beasts
• esbats