From Longman Dictionary of Contemporary Englishbasquebasque /bæsk/ noun [countable] DCCa piece of underwear for a woman that covers her body from under her arms to the top of her legs
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basque• Shown here is another beautiful basque from Gossard.• I put on the black basque and the lacey-topped stockings.• A gold basque worn by Madonna was sold for £9,000.• There will be demonstrations in roller hockey and pelota basque, but there's no place for cricket.BasqueBasque /bæsk, bɑːsk $ bæsk/ noun 1 [countable] a person from the mountainous area between southern France and northern Spain. Some people who live in this area consider themselves to be a separate nation that does not belong to either France or Spain, and some Basques in Spain have tried to gain political independence. → ETA2 [uncountable] the language of the Basques, which is unusual because it is not related to any other language in the world —Basque adjective Basque separatists (=people who want the Basque area to become a separate state)Origin basque (1800-1900) French Old French baste, from Old Provençal basta “seam”; influenced by Basque “of the Basque people of northern Spain and southwest France” 