[f. BASS sb.2 + WOOD.] The American Lime or Linden (Tilia americana); the wood of this tree. Also attrib.
1824. W. Irving, Braceb. Hall, II. 271. A man is never a man till he can … sleep under a tree and live on bass-wood leaves.
1855. Longf., Hiaw., X. 153. Gave them drink in bowls of bass-wood.
