bassock
English
Etymology
See bass.
Noun
bassock (plural bassocks)
- A hassock.
- Sir Walter Scott
- In a small recess, illuminated by a taper, were disposed two bassocks of velvet and gold, corresponding with the bed furniture […]
- Sir Walter Scott
Part or all of this entry has been imported from the 1913 edition of Webster’s Dictionary, which is now free of copyright and hence in the public domain. The imported definitions may be significantly out of date, and any more recent senses may be completely missing.
(See the entry for bassock in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913.)