adj inclined upward; as, the basset edge of strata.
2. basset ·noun the edge of a geological stratum at the surface of the ground; the outcrop.
3. basset ·noun a game at cards, resembling the modern faro, said to have been invented at venice.
4. basset ·vi to inclined upward so as to appear at the surface; to crop out; as, a vein of coal bassets.