basting

Pronunciation

• (US) IPA^(key): /ˈbeɪstɪŋ/
• Rhymes: -eɪstɪŋ

Noun

basting (plural bastings)

1. The act by which a food item is basted.

   Use repeated bastings to prevent the chicken from drying out.

2. (archaic) A (physical) beating.

Verb

basting

1. present participle of baste

References

• Grose, Francis, The Dictionary of the Vulgar Tongue / Lexicon Balatronicum: A Dictionary of Buckish Slang, University Wit, and Pickpocket Eloquence: altered and enlarged (London; 1811)

Alternative forms

• bastaing

Etymology

From Old French bastir (“to construct”).

Noun

basting m (plural bastings)

1. A joist used to carry other planks of wood.

Further reading

• “basting” in le Trésor de la langue française informatisé (The Digitized Treasury of the French Language).