bast

noun · adjectiveA1

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Danh từ

noun

Plural noun:

bastsbass

1.
(countable, uncountable)Inner bark of a tree from which rope is traditionally made.
2.
(countable, uncountable)Fibre made from the phloem of certain plants (particularly the lime tree) and used for making ropes, cords and matting.
I thought I saw Him in the Long Walk there, by the bed of Nelly Roche, tending a fallen flower with a wisp of bast.
3.
(obsolete, uncountable)Bastardy, illegitimacy of birth.

Tính từ

adjective

1.
(not comparable, obsolete)Illegitimate, born out of wedlock.

Nguồn gốc từ

From Middle English bast, from Old English bæst (bast, inner bark of trees from which ropes were made), from *bast (compare the bast, bast, Bast), perhaps an alteration of Proto-Indo-European *bʰask-, *bʰasḱ- (bundle) (compare basket, basc, fascis, bashkë), though this is likely a word and/or Wanderwort.