Basque /bäsk or bask/

1. A member of a people (in their own tongue Euscara, Eskuara) inhabiting the W Pyrenees, in Spain and France
2. Their agglutinative non-Indo-European language
3. (without cap) a short-skirted jacket, or a continuation of a bodice a little below the waist
4. (without cap) on a skirt, a similar area extending shortly below the waist, to which pleats or gathers are often attached
5. (without cap) a close-fitting (under-)bodice

Of the Basques or their language or country

basqued /bäskt/ adjective

Furnished with a basque

basquine /-kēnˈ/ noun

An outer petticoat worn by Basque and Spanish women

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