Thesaurus: busk
A thin, elastic strip of metal, whalebone, wood, or other material, worn in the front of a corset.
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Definitions
- n. A thin, elastic strip of metal, whalebone, wood, or other material, worn in the front of a corset.
- v. t. & i. To prepare; to make ready; to array; to dress.
- v. t. & i. To go; to direct one's course.
- v. play music in a public place and solicit money for it
- A thin, elastic strip of metal, whalebone, wood, or othermaterial, worn in the front of a corset.Her long slit sleeves, stiff busk, puff verdingall, Is all that makesher thus angelical. Marston.
- v:100 v. play music in a public place and solicit money for it