basset
basset Lexical Profile
basset Game Scores & Validity
• noun
A short-legged hunting dog of French origin, especially the basset hound, characterized by a long body, loose skin, and long, drooping ears, bred for tracking small game such as hares and rabbits by scent.
"The family adopted a gentle basset whose long ears nearly brushed the kitchen floor as he walked."
A historical European card game resembling faro, originating in Italy and popular in the 17th and 18th centuries, in which players bet against a dealer on the order of cards drawn from a deck.
"Aristocrats in eighteenth-century salons frequently wagered large sums at the basset table."
In geology and mining, the exposed edge of a tilted rock stratum or coal seam where it intersects and emerges at the surface of the ground.
"Early prospectors traced the coal seam by following its basset along the eroded hillside."
• verb
To crop out or emerge at the surface of the earth (of a geological stratum or mineral vein).
"The limestone beds basset along the northern ridge of the valley."
• Rhymes for basset
Word Origin & Etymology
Borrowed from French basset, a diminutive of the Old French adjective bas meaning 'low,' in reference to the dog's short stature; ultimately derived from Late Latin bassus ('thick, low').