basque

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An Anglo-Saxon maiden without a rope ladder in the pocket of her basque was a rare sight.

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  1. noun A woman's close-fitting bodice.

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  • As she wrestled with the hooks of her basque, praying the thick merino would hide the absence of a corset, her nightgown began a sensual slither over the top of the screen. —  NOBODY'S DARLING
  • Her nipples stiffened against the thin silk faille of her basque, straining toward the remembered delight of his touch. —  NOBODY'S DARLING
  • He'll be wearing a steel-tipped basque, and the squeals in the background will be an AIG executive or the former CEO of General Motors hanging upside down in the Treasury Department basement while he feels the firm lash of government "regulation" from Barney Frank and Mistress Pelosi. —  Latest Articles
  • "He wearing a curly blonde wig and a black overcoat which he then took off and I saw he was wearing a basque, stockings and high heels and a big blonde wig." —  Anorak News
  • Javier: In Euskadi (Basque Country in basque) we have a great passion for cycling. —  PezCyclingNews.com
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Etymologies (2)

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  1. French, skirt of a garment, alteration (perhaps influenced by Basque, Basque) of Old French baste, from Italian basta, tuck, possibly of Germanic origin.

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  1. from French basque, apparently with reference to the Basque people. Cf. basquine.
 

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