bal musette
noun
bal mu·sette
bȧlmᵫ̅zet
: a French dance hall with an accordion band
Word History
Etymology
French bal-musette dance accompanied by accordion music, from bal gathering for social dancing + (accordéon) musette accordion tuned to resemble the sound of a musette
First Known Use
1910, in the meaning defined above
- basirrhinal
- basis
- basis point
- basis rate
- basis weight
- basiscopic
- basisternum
- basistyle
- basitarsus
- basitemporal
- bask
- bask in the glory
- bask in the reflected glory
- basked
- Baskerville
- basket
- basket ash
- basket capital
- basket case
- basket cases
- basket catch
- basket chair
- basket clam
- basket cloth
- basket dance