What is a part of a lady's dress, resembling a jacket with a short skirt; -- probably so called because this fashion of dress came from the Basques called?
basque — A part of a lady's dress, resembling a jacket with a short skirt; -- probably so called because this fashion of dress came from the Basques. (Webster's 1913.)
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- Webster's Unabridged Dictionary, 1913 edition (public domain, via GCIDE / Project Gutenberg).
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