vbl. sb. Geol. [f. BASSET v.2 + -ING1.] The outcrop or cropping out of strata at the surface of the ground.
1686. Plot, Staffordsh., 129. This basseting, and diping of coal is various.
1861. W. Wallace, Depos. Lead Ore. A steep escarpment … is formed by the basseting of the Scar Limestone.
