Busk (disambiguation)
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Busk
A busk is the rigid element of a corset placed at the centre front.In stays, the corsets worn between the fifteenth and eighteenth centuries, the busk was intended to keep the front of the corset straight and upright. It was made of wood, ivory, or bone slipped into a pocket and tied in place with...

is an element of a corset. Busk is also a surname and a place, it may refer to:
  • Spoon busk
    Spoon busk
    The spoon busk was a specialised kind of busk -- the rigid element of a corset placed at the centre front. As its name implies, it was shaped like a spoon, with the bottom part of the busk widening and taking a dished form...

    , a specialised kind of busk
    Busk
    A busk is the rigid element of a corset placed at the centre front.In stays, the corsets worn between the fifteenth and eighteenth centuries, the busk was intended to keep the front of the corset straight and upright. It was made of wood, ivory, or bone slipped into a pocket and tied in place with...



Busk may also refer to:
Places
  • Busk, Cumbria, a locality in Cumbria
    Cumbria
    Cumbria , is a non-metropolitan county in North West England. The county and Cumbria County Council, its local authority, came into existence in 1974 after the passage of the Local Government Act 1972. Cumbria's largest settlement and county town is Carlisle. It consists of six districts, and in...

    , England
  • Busk, Greater Manchester, a locality in Greater Manchester
    Greater Manchester
    Greater Manchester is a metropolitan county in North West England, with a population of 2.6 million. It encompasses one of the largest metropolitan areas in the United Kingdom and comprises ten metropolitan boroughs: Bolton, Bury, Oldham, Rochdale, Stockport, Tameside, Trafford, Wigan, and the...

    , England
  • Busk, Ukraine
    Busk, Ukraine
    Busk is a city located in Busk Raion in Lviv Oblast of western Ukraine. The city's population was 8,896 as of the 2006 Ukrainian Census.It is administrative center of the Busk Raion....

  • Stalling Busk
    Stalling Busk
    Stalling Busk is one of 3 settlements based around Semer Water in the Richmondshire district of North Yorkshire in the small dale of Raydale just off from Wensleydale, England...

    , a district in North Yorkshire

People
  • George Busk
    George Busk
    George Busk RN FRS was a British Naval surgeon, zoologist and palaeontologist.-Biography:Busk was born in St Petersburg, the son of the merchant Robert Busk and grandson of Sir Wadsworth Busk...

     RN FRS (1807—1886), British Naval surgeon, zoologist and palaeontologist
  • Søren Thomas Busk (born April 10, 1953), a sportsmen (former Danish football defender)
  • Richard Dawson Busk (21 June 1895 – 24 December 1961), a sportsmen (English cricketer)
  • Niels Busk
    Niels Busk
    Niels Busk is a Danish politician andMember of the European Parliament with the Venstre,part of the Alliance of Liberals and Democrats for Europe and sits on...

     (1942— ), a Danish politician
  • Hans Busk
    Hans Busk (1772-1862)
    Hans Busk the elder was a Welsh poet, who published poems during the period 1814–34.His poems included titles such as "The Banquet", "The Dessert" and "The Vestriad"...

    , the elder (1772–1862), poet
  • Hans Busk, the younger (1815–1882), shootist
  • Edward Teshmaker Busk
    Edward Teshmaker Busk
    Lieutenant Edward Teshmaker Busk, London Electrical Engineers RE was an English pioneer of early aircraft design, and the designer of the first full-sized efficient inherently stable aeroplane....

     (1886—1914), London Electrical Engineers
  • Rachel Harriette Busk
    Rachel Harriette Busk
    Rachel Harriette Busk was a British traveller and folklorist.She collected tales from Italy, Spain, Mongolia and elsewhere. Her collection included folklore, supernatural events, legends of saints, and humorous anecdotal material...

    , traveller, collector of tales, writer

Definition

  • A busk may also refer to a flexible metal smoothing tool used in the plastering trade.
  • It can also be, usually in Britain, to entertain by dancing, singing, or reciting on the street or in a public place.
  • In Canada it can be to make a showy or noisy appeal.
  • The origin of 'busk' could also be from the or the which mean to prowl. It may be from the or Old Spanish boscar which mean to seek. It may also be, in the 1850–55 definition of "to make a living by entertaining"
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