basset

Sinhala Dictionary definitions for basset

basset 🔊 /bæˈsɪt/

basset : දඩයම් බල්ලෙක්

basset definition

Noun.

  1. A game at cards, resembling the modern faro, said to have been invented at Venice.
  2. The edge of a geological stratum at the surface of the ground; the outcrop.

Adjective. Inclined upward; as, the basset edge of strata.

Intransitive verb. To inclined upward so as to appear at the surface; to crop out; as, a vein of coal bassets.