n. A sudden stroke or injury produced by some destructive cause. [ Obs. ] Shak. [ 1913 Webster ]
n. [ F. soubassement. Of uncertain origin. Cf. Base, a., Bastion. ] (Arch.) The outer wall of the ground story of a building, or of a part of that story, when treated as a distinct substructure. (See Base, n., 3
Basement membrane (Anat.),