Middle English Dictionary Entry

bās n.(3)
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Entry Info

Forms bās n.(3) Also bace.
Etymology Prob. from phr. bringen bās lay low (see bās adj., sense 2); cp. MnF mettre bas les armes lay down arms, surrender.

Definitions (Senses and Subsenses)

1.
The game of prisoner's base.
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