: any of an old breed of short-legged hunting dogs of French origin having very long ears and a short smooth coat
called alsobasset
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Examples of basset hound in a Sentence
Recent Examples on the WebAttendees included the pair's son Charlie, their two basset hounds and David's daughter Coco.—Sarah Title, Peoplemag, 24 Nov. 2023 Animal: Bruno, 2-year-old, 63-pound, male basset hound mix.—Linda McIntosh, San Diego Union-Tribune, 3 Nov. 2023 Ree Drummond has lost a beloved member of her family: her basset hound, Walter.—Anna Lazarus Caplan, Peoplemag, 13 July 2023 Charlie, another basset hound who was the subject of a series of books written by the star, died of lymphoma in 2017.—Anna Lazarus Caplan, Peoplemag, 13 July 2023 Then Pepper brought up his 65-pound basset hound.—Mandy McLaren, The Courier-Journal, 12 Aug. 2021 The exuberant basset hound that spent most of his life so far in New York is now an island boy.—Joe Sills, Forbes, 8 Mar. 2023 Fasuna is one of the 15 staff members participating in the training and certification process with her basset hound, Mollie.—Kaitlin Mikrut, Chicago Tribune, 25 Feb. 2023 So, join the gang—Skip, Donna, Moondoggie, Crisco, and Cairo the vegan basset hound—for this episode of our ongoing, if not regularly occurring, series about shopping for cars on the Internet.—John Pearley Huffman, Car and Driver, 3 Feb. 2023
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Word History
Etymology
French basset, from Middle French, from basset short, from bas low — more at base entry 3
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