Definition of Basquine

1. an outer petticoat [n -S]

Lexicographical Neighbors of Basquine

basophilic
basophilic degeneration
basophilic leukaemia
basophilic leukocyte
basophilic leukocytosis
basophilic leukopenia
basophilic substance
basophilism
basophilocyte
basophils
basoplasm
basosquamous carcinoma
basotemporal
basqued
basques
basquine (current term)
basquines

Literary usage of Basquine

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. Dressmaking: A Manual for Schools and Colleges by Jane Fales (1917)
"The waist was Squeezed with the basquine, Costume of the early Renaissance or ... Over this was placed the corset, or basquine, which was a-kind of stuffed ..."

2. The General Stud-book, Containing Pedigrees of Race Horses, &c. &c. from the (1885)
"MANTILLA (foaled in 1867), by King of Trumps, out of basquine, by Orlando, continued from Vol. XIV., p. 286. 1880 ch. c. Cassock, by Hermit- • -~\ 1882 bl. ..."

3. Oeuvres complètes by Honoré de Balzac, Honoré Daumier, George Sand (1855)
"... où tous les yeux serraient sa taille bion prise dans sa basquine, et flattaient sa croupe andalouse qui imprimait des torsions lascives à la jupe. ..."

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