basque

noun2

1. •
   The part of a waistcoat etc. extending below the waist.
2. •
   A woman's close-fitting bodice, underbodice, or corset having such a feature.

   • Will she be able to pull off the double act? Can she play the cosy tradwife and still be the sexpot in a basque? — 2025

adjective1

1. •
   Relating to the Basque people or their language.

   • The edict was issued in 1615 after a storm destroyed three Basque whaling vessels on an expedition in Iceland. — 2015

noun1

1. •
   A member of a cultural and ethnic people living in the western Pyrenees and the Bay of Biscay between France and Spain.