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Busk Tunnel Railway Company
Busk may refer to: * Busk (corsetry), the rigid element of a corset placed at the center front *Busking, or street performance Places *Busk, Cumbria, a hamlet in Cumbria, England *Busk, Greater Manchester, a locality in Greater Manchester, England * Busk, Ukraine, a city in Lviv Oblast, Ukraine *Busk Raion, a former raion in Lviv Oblast, Ukraine, containing the city Other *Busk (surname) Busk is a surname. Notable people with the surname include: * Douglas Busk (1906 - 1990), British diplomat, mountaineer and geographer * Edward Teshmaker Busk (1886–1914), aeronautical pioneer * George Busk RN FRS (1807–1886), British naval sur ... *Busk, or Green Corn Ceremony, a ceremony of the Muscogee people {{disambiguation ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Busk (corsetry)
A busk (also spelled busque) is a rigid element of a corset at the centre front of the garment. Two types exist, one- and two-part busks. Single-piece busks were used in " stays" and bodices from the sixteenth to early nineteenth centuries and were intended to keep the front of the corset or bodice straight and upright. They were typically made of wood, ivory, or bone slipped into a pocket and tied in place with a lace called the ''busk point''. These busks were often carved and decorated, or inscribed with messages, and were popular gifts from men to women during courtship. In the middle of the nineteenth century, a new form of busk appeared. It was made of two long pieces of steel, one with loops and the other with posts, that functioned in the same way as hook and eye A hook-and-eye closure is a simple and secure method of fastening garments together. It consists of a metal hook, commonly wire bent to shape, and an eye (or "eyelet") of the same material into which the hook f ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Busking
Street performance or busking is the act of performing in public places for gratuities. In many countries, the rewards are generally in the form of money but other gratuities such as food, drink or gifts may be given. Street performance is practiced all over the world and dates back to antiquity. People engaging in this practice are called street performers or buskers in the United Kingdom. Outside of New York, ''buskers'' is not a term generally used in American English. Performances are anything that people find entertaining, including acrobatics, animal tricks, balloon twisting, caricatures, clowning, comedy, contortions, escapology, dance, singing, fire skills, flea circus, fortune-telling, juggling, magic, mime, living statue, musical performance, one man band, puppeteering, snake charming, storytelling or reciting poetry or prose, street art such as sketching and painting, street theatre, sword swallowing, ventriloquism and washboarding. Buskers may be solo perf ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Busk, Cumbria
Busk is a hamlet in Cumbria, England. It is located by road to the east of Kirkoswald. See also *List of places in Cumbria This is a list of cities, towns and villages in the county of Cumbria, England. A *Abbeytown, Ackenthwaite, Adgarley, Aglionby * Aiketgate, Aikhead, Aikshaw, Aikton, Ainstable, Aisgill * Albyfield, Aldingham, Ald ... References Hamlets in Cumbria Kirkoswald, Cumbria {{Cumbria-geo-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Busk, Greater Manchester
Busk is a locality and archaically a hamlet in the town of Chadderton in the Metropolitan Borough of Oldham, Greater Manchester, England. It is located to the east of Chadderton town centre, on the town's eastern border with Oldham, contiguous with the Westwood area of that town. The hamlet lay along Busk Road, on a stretch of the road that is now a cycle path. A small recreation ground, Berry's Field, serves the area. Since local government re-organisation in 1974 the area lies within the Coldhurst electoral ward district which lies mainly within the town of Oldham. A proposal by The Chadderton Historical Society to move Busk back into the Chadderton North ward was rejected by the Boundary Commission in 2003. The place-name Busk survives in the immediately adjoining streets to the west and south of the original hamlet, known as Busk Estate. History Due to widespread redevelopment in the 1960s and 1970s, little remains of the original settlement. The Britannia Inn at the hea ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Busk, Ukraine
Busk ( uk, Буськ; pl, Busk) is a city located in Zolochiv Raion in Lviv Oblast (region) of western Ukraine. It hosts the administration of Busk urban hromada, one of the hromadas of Ukraine. Population: . Until 18 July 2020 it was the administrative center of the Busk Raion, now disestablished. Busk was the birthplace of Yevhen Petrushevych, the president of the West Ukrainian National Republic. History Busk has a long history. First mentioned in 1097 in Primary Chronicle as Bug City (Ruthenian: бужьсъкъ городъ, buzhesk horod) in the context of the dispute between Rus' princes for border area between Principality of Halych and Volhynian principality. Bug City was named due to its location near Western Bug which locally is known as Bug river. Busk was granted town charter in 1411 by Siemowit IV, Duke of Masovia. In the Polish–Lithuanian Commonwealth, it belonged to the Belz Voivodeship, and was the seat of a separate administrative unit, the Land of Bu ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Busk Raion
Busk Raion ( uk, Буський район) was a raion (district) in Lviv Oblast (region) in western Ukraine. It was established in 1966. Its administrative center was the town of Busk. The raion was abolished on 18 July 2020 as part of the administrative reform of Ukraine, which reduced the number of raions of Lviv Oblast to seven. The area of Busk Raion was merged into Zolochiv Raion. The last estimate of the raion population was . Subdivisions At the time of disestablishment, the raion consisted of two hromadas: * Busk urban hromada with the administration in Busk; * Krasne settlement hromada with the administration in the urban-type settlement of Krasne. Settlements The villages (''selo'') of the Busk Raion included: * Bachka * Baluchyn * Bazhany * Chanyzh * Chishki * Haivske * Horbachi * Hrabova *Humnyska *Huta *Kuty * Lisok * Lisove, Chanyzka village council * Lisove, Toporivska village council * Ostriv * Perevolochna * Pidstavky *Poltva * Rusyliv * Stovpyn ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Busk (surname)
Busk is a surname. Notable people with the surname include: * Douglas Busk (1906 - 1990), British diplomat, mountaineer and geographer * Edward Teshmaker Busk (1886–1914), aeronautical pioneer * George Busk RN FRS (1807–1886), British naval surgeon, zoologist and palaeontologist * Hans Busk, the elder (1772–1862), poet * Hans Busk, the younger (1815–1882), shootist * Jens Busk, a politician from Denmark * Niels Busk (born 1942), Danish politician * Rachel Harriette Busk, traveller, collector of tales, writer * Richard Busk (1895–1961), sportsman (English cricketer) * Søren Busk (born 10 April 1953), sportsman (Danish football defender) See also *Busk Medal The Busk Medal is an award given annually by the Royal Geographical Society, for "conservation research or for fieldwork abroad in geography or in a geographical aspect of an allied science". It was first awarded in 1975, and is named in honour ..., awarded by Royal Geographical Society {{surname, Busk [Baidu] |
