Basset

  • 31BASSET — s. m. Chien de chasse, qui a les jambes fort courtes et quelquefois tortues. On chasse le blaireau avec des bassets. Basset à jambes torses.   Il se dit, familièrement et par dérision, d Un petit homme dont les jambes et les cuisses sont trop… …

    Dictionnaire de l'Academie Francaise, 7eme edition (1835)

  • 32basset — bas|set [ˈbæsıt] n also basset .hound [Date: 1600 1700; : French; Origin: bas low ; because of its short legs] a dog with short legs and long ears, used for hunting …

    Dictionary of contemporary English

  • 33basset — bas|set [ bæsət ] or basset ,hound noun count a dog with long ears and short legs, used for hunting …

    Usage of the words and phrases in modern English

  • 34basset — bas·set || bæsɪt n. short legged French breed hunting dog, basset hound …

    English contemporary dictionary

  • 35basset — (also basset hound) noun a sturdy hunting dog of a breed with a long body, short legs, and long, drooping ears. Origin C17: from Fr., dimin. of bas low …

    English new terms dictionary

  • 36basset — also basset hound noun (C) a dog with short legs and long ears used for hunting …

    Longman dictionary of contemporary English

  • 37basset — I. /ˈbæsət / (say basuht) noun a long bodied, short legged dog resembling a dachshund but larger and heavier. Also, basset hound. {French, originally diminutive of bas low} II. /ˈbæsət / (say basuht) noun 1. an outcrop, as at the edge of a… …

  • 38basset —   n. short legged hound used in badger and harehunting; gambling card game like faro; Geology, edge of outcrop.    ♦ basset horn, tenor clarinet …

    Dictionary of difficult words

  • 39basset — bas|set sb., ten, ter, terne (en hund), i sms. basset , fx bassethund, bassethvalp …

    Dansk ordbog

  • 40basset — {{#}}{{LM B04875}}{{〓}} {{[}}basset{{]}} {{■}}(fr.){{□}} {{《}}▍ adj.inv./s.m.{{》}} {{♂}}Referido a un perro,{{♀}} de una raza que se caracteriza por tener cuerpo pequeño y patas cortas. {{★}}{{\}}PRONUNCIACIÓN:{{/}} [báset].… …

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