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A bread basket; also, a wicker basket (used commonly in pairs) for carrying fruit or other things on a horse or an ass

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  1. n. A bread basket; also, a wicker basket (used commonly in pairs) for carrying fruit or other things on a horse or an ass
  2. n. A shield of basket work formerly used by archers as a shelter from the enemy's missiles.
  3. n. A table waiter at the Inns of Court, London.
  4. n. A framework of steel or whalebone, worn by women to expand their dresses; a kind of bustle.
  5. n. either of a pair of bags or boxes hung over the rear wheel of a vehicle (as a bicycle)
  6. n. a large basket (usually one of a pair) carried by a beast of burden or on by a person
  7. n. set of small hoops used to add fullness over the hips
  8. 1. A bread basket; also, a wicker basket (used commonly in pairs) for carrying fruit or other things on a horse or an ass Hudibras. 2. (Mil. Antiq.) A shield of basket work formerly used by archers as a shelter from the enemy's missiles. 3. A table waiter at the Inns of Court, London. 4. A framework of steel or whalebone, worn by women to expand their dresses; a kind of bustle.
  9. A shield of basket work formerly used by archers as a shelterfrom the enemy's missiles.
  10. n:100 n. either of a pair of bags or boxes hung over the rear wheel of a vehicle (as a bicycle) n. a large basket (usually one of a pair) carried by a beast of burden or on by a person n. set of small hoops used to add fullness over the hips