Busk
Pronunciation
- IPA: /bÊŒsk/
- Rhymes: -ÊŒsk
Origin 1
From French busc, by dissimilation from buste from Italian busto.
Full definition of busk
Noun
busk
(plural busks)- A strip of metal, whalebone, wood, or other material, worn in the front of a corset to stiffen it.
- MarstonHer long slit sleeves, stiff busk, puff verdingall,
Is all that makes her thus angelical. - by extension A corset.
- 1661, John Donne, "To his Mistress going to Bed":Off with that happy busk, which I envie,
That still can be, and still can stand so nigh.
Origin 2
Etymology Unknown
Noun
busk
(plural busks)- (obsolete) A kind of linen.
- 1882, James Edwin Thorold Rogers, A History of Agriculture and Prices in England, Volume 4, p. 557:Busk, a kind of table linen, occurs first in 1458, and occasionally afterwards.
Origin 3
From Middle English busken, from Old Norse búask
Verb
Origin 4
Apparently from French busquer or Spanish buscar.