Busk (disambiguation)
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A Busk
is an element of a corset. Busk is also a surname and a place, it may refer to:
Busk may also refer to:
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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 buskSpoon buskThe 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 buskBuskA 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 CumbriaCumbriaCumbria , 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 ManchesterGreater ManchesterGreater 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, UkraineBusk, UkraineBusk 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 BuskStalling BuskStalling 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 BuskGeorge BuskGeorge 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 BuskNiels BuskNiels 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 BuskHans 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 BuskEdward Teshmaker BuskLieutenant 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 BuskRachel Harriette BuskRachel 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"