An archaic or dialect form referring to a basket or similar container.
From Old English or Germanic roots; possibly related to 'basket' through dialectal variations or obsolete forms.
Language love this word because it shows how the same object had dozens of regional names—what one village called a 'baske,' another called a 'basket'—which is why English has so many synonyms!
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