BASQUE


Meaning of BASQUE in English

/bask/ , n.

1. one of a people of unknown origin inhabiting the western Pyrenees regions in France and Spain.

2. their language, not known to be related to any other language.

3. ( l.c. ) a close-fitting bodice, sometimes having an extension that covers the hips.

4. ( l.c. ) the extension of this bodice or of a doublet.

adj.

5. of or pertaining to the Basques or their language.

Random House Webster's Unabridged English dictionary.      Полный английский словарь Вебстер - Random House .