Defn: Furnished with a bastion; having bastions.
BASTO
Bas"to, n. Etym: [Sp.]
Defn: The ace of clubs in qua Pope.
BASTON
Bas"ton, n. Etym: [OF. baston, F. b, LL. basto. See Bastion, and cf.
Baton, and 3d Batten.]
1. A staff or cudgel. [Obs.] "To fight with blunt bastons." Holland.
2. (Her.)
Defn: See Baton.
3. An officer bearing a painted staff, who formerly was in attendance upon the king's court to take into custody persons committed by the court. Mozley & W.
BASUTOS
Ba*su"tos, n. pl.; sing. Basuto. (Ethnol.)
Defn: A warlike South African people of the Bantu stock, divided into many tribes, subject to the English. They formerly practiced cannibalism, but have now adopted many European customs.