Definitions

1. noun

A thick, fibrous, woody part of a plant, especially the inner, fibrous part of a plant stem, as in a reed or a cabbage plant.

“The farmer carefully removed the bast from the reed to use for weaving.”

2. noun

A thick, hard, fibrous material, especially of bark, used for making rope, etc.

“The rope was made from the fibrous bast of the plant.”

3. noun

The inner layer of a tree’s bark.

“The carpenter used the bast of the tree to make a wooden beam.”

4. verb

To strip or remove the bast from a plant.

“The farmer had to bast the reeds to use them for weaving.”