bast
/bast
/noun
1 (also bast fibre) [mass noun] Fibrous material from a plant, in particular the inner bark of a tree such as the lime, used as fibre in matting, cord, etc.It wasn't unknown for the ribs for example to be lashed in place with bast fibre cords, that were soaked in pitch to preserve them....
- They are made from papyrus root, bast fiber, and banana leaves and are decorated with mud dyes in elaborate patterns.
- Linen is from flax, a bast fiber taken from the stalk of the plant.
1.1 Botany The phloem or vascular tissue of a plant.Ramie is also similar to linen and is a bast of plant fiber....
- The four groupings are: seed-hair fibers, leaf fibers, bast fibers, and miscellaneous fibers.
- There was a clear deficiency of bast fibre along the length of the mutant stem.
Origin
Old English bæst; related to Dutch bast, German Bast; of unknown origin.
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