basset

a kind of hound with a long body, short, crooked forelegs, and long, drooping ears, used in hunting
also basset hound
Origin of basset
OFr, short-legged dog, origin, originally , short, diminutive of basse, feminine of bas, base outcrop
Origin of basset
from uncertain or unknown; perhaps French basset, diminutive of basse: see basset to appear at or emerge above the surface
basset

Noun
(countable and uncountable, plural bassets)
- (geology) The edge of a geological stratum at the surface of the ground; the outcrop.
- (uncountable) A card game resembling faro.
Verb
(third-person singular simple present bassets, present participle basseting, simple past and past participle basseted)