basque

from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.

• noun A woman's close-fitting bodice.

from The Century Dictionary.

• noun One of a race of unknown origin inhabiting the Basque provinces and other parts of Spain in the neighborhood of the Pyrenees, and part of the department of Basses-Pyrénées, France.
• noun The language of the Basques, supposed to represent the tongue of the ancient Iberians, the primitive inhabitants of Spain.
• Pertaining to the Basques or their language.
• noun The short skirt of the body-garment worn by both sexes.
• noun A kind of short-skirted jacket worn by women, forming the upper part of a dress: probably so called because it was worn by the Basques.
• noun A dish of minced mutton, mixed with bread-crumbs, eggs, etc., seasoned and baked.

from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.

• adjective Pertaining to Biscay, its people, or their language.
• noun One of a race, of unknown origin, inhabiting a region on the Bay of Biscay in Spain and France.
• noun The language spoken by the Basque people.
• noun A part of a lady's dress, resembling a jacket with a short skirt; -- probably so called because this fashion of dress came from the Basques.

from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.

• noun The part of a waistcoat etc. extending below the waist.
• noun A woman's close-fitting bodice having such a feature; a corset.

from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.

• noun the language of the Basque people; of no known relation to any other language
• noun a member of a people of unknown origin living in the western Pyrenees in France and Spain