baston.

Brit.

/ˈbastəʊ/,

/ˈbɑːstəʊ/, U.S.

/ˈbæstoʊ/

Origin: A borrowing from Spanish. Etymon: Spanish basto.

Etymology: < Spanish basto (1627), apparently a specific use of the singular of bastos (the suit of) clubs (see baston n., and compare discussion at that entry). Compare earlier baston n. 5, and also later baste n.²

Cards. Now chiefly historical.

In ombre and quadrille: the ace of clubs, being the third highest trump.

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1660 Royal Game of Ombre 11 You lead your Spadillio, and he plays his lesser Trump upon it, and wins your Basto.

1768 tr. Abbé Bellecour Acad. Play 35 He that has Manill or Basto only, is obliged to play it.

1853 E. C. Gaskell Cranford viii. 162 Even Miss Pole quite forgot to say ‘my lady’, and ‘your ladyship’, and said, ‘Basto! ma'am’; ‘you have Spadille, I believe’.

1957 J. Stafford Reasonable Facsimile in E. T. Forter et al. Comic in Theory & Pract. (1960) 185 The company spent a stimulating, if puzzling, time with a pack of forty cards, learning—or, rather, failing to learn—such terms as manille and basto.

2014 Spectator (Nexis) 14 June The game of l'hombre or hombre.., in which the ace of clubs is called Basto.

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2019; most recently modified version published online December 2021).

单词	basto
释义	baston. Brit. /ˈbastəʊ/, /ˈbɑːstəʊ/, U.S. /ˈbæstoʊ/ Origin: A borrowing from Spanish. Etymon: Spanish basto. Etymology: < Spanish basto (1627), apparently a specific use of the singular of bastos (the suit of) clubs (see baston n., and compare discussion at that entry). Compare earlier baston n. 5, and also later baste n.² Cards. Now chiefly historical. In ombre and quadrille: the ace of clubs, being the third highest trump. ΘΚΠ society > leisure > entertainment > pastimes > game > card game > ombre and quadrille > [noun] > specific cards basto1660 manille1674 matador1674 punto1674 spadillo1680 spadille1728 mat1766 society > leisure > entertainment > pastimes > game > card game > card or cards > [noun] > card of specific number and suit > ace of clubs > in specific game basto1660 1660 Royal Game of Ombre 11 You lead your Spadillio, and he plays his lesser Trump upon it, and wins your Basto. 1768 tr. Abbé Bellecour Acad. Play 35 He that has Manill or Basto only, is obliged to play it. 1853 E. C. Gaskell Cranford viii. 162 Even Miss Pole quite forgot to say ‘my lady’, and ‘your ladyship’, and said, ‘Basto! ma'am’; ‘you have Spadille, I believe’. 1957 J. Stafford Reasonable Facsimile in E. T. Forter et al. Comic in Theory & Pract. (1960) 185 The company spent a stimulating, if puzzling, time with a pack of forty cards, learning—or, rather, failing to learn—such terms as manille and basto. 2014 Spectator (Nexis) 14 June The game of l'hombre or hombre.., in which the ace of clubs is called Basto. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2019; most recently modified version published online December 2021). < n.1660
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