ETYM French bassette, from Italian bassetta. Related to Basso.
Smooth-haired breed of hound with short legs and long ears; SYN. basset hound.
To appear at the surface:; SYN. crop out.
short-legged hound used in badger- and harehunting; gambling card game like faro; Geology, edge of outcrop. basset-horn, tenor clarinet.
Any of several breeds of hound with a long low body and long pendulous ears, of a type originally bred in France for hunting hares by scent.