basten, a.
(ˈbæstən)
[OE. bæsten: see bast n.1 and -en1.]
Made of bast.
| c 1000 ælfric Judg. xv. 13 H{iacu}ᵹ ðá hine ᵹebundon mid twám bæstenum rápum. 1677 Plot Oxfordsh. 263 The..small leav'd Lime or Linden tree..called Bast; whence the ropes are also called Basten ropes. 1693 W. Robertson Phraseol. Gen. 213 A Basten rope, funis sparteus. |