basting
English edit
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
basting (plural bastings)
- The act by which a food item is basted.
- Use repeated bastings to prevent the chicken from drying out.
- (archaic) A (physical) beating.
Verb edit
basting
- present participle and gerund of baste
References edit
- [Francis] Grose [et al.] (1811) “Basting”, in Lexicon Balatronicum. A Dictionary of Buckish Slang, University Wit, and Pickpocket Eloquence. […], London: […] C. Chappell, […], →OCLC.
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Etymology edit
From Old French bastir (“to construct”).
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
basting m (plural bastings)
Further reading edit
- “basting”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.