Definition of basset Basset

/bæˈsɪt/ - [batsit] - bas•set

We found 11 definitions of basset from 5 different sources.

What does basset mean?

Noun Plural: bassets
basset - smooth-haired breed of hound with short legs and long ears
		basset hound
Verb bassets, bassetting, basset
basset - appear at the surface; "A seam of coal bassets"
		crop out
		appear come into sight or view; "He suddenly appeared at the wedding"; "A new star appeared on the horizon"

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basset (Noun)
The edge of a geological stratum at the surface of the ground; the outcrop.
basset (Noun)
A card game resembling faro.
basset (Verb)
To incline upward so as to appear at the surface.

basset (n.)
A game at cards, resembling the modern faro, said to have been invented at Venice.
basset (a.)
Inclined upward; as, the basset edge of strata.
basset (n.)
The edge of a geological stratum at the surface of the ground; the outcrop.
basset (v. i.)
To inclined upward so as to appear at the surface; to crop out; as, a vein of coal bassets.

basset
bas′et, n. a short-legged dog used in unearthing foxes and badgers: an old Venetian game at cards, resembling faro, widely popular in the 18th century: (geol.) the outcrop or emergence of mineral strata at the surface.—v.i. to incline upward so as to appear at the surface, to crop up.—n. Bas′set-horn (It. corno di bassetto), the richest and softest of all wind-instruments, similar to a clarionet in tone and fingering, but with a twice-bent wooden tube, having a compass of two and a half octaves. [Fr. bas, low.]