cesta

[ses-tuh]

noun

Jai Alai.

1. a narrow, curved basket fitted on one end to a wooden handle with a glovelike compartment at the base, for catching and throwing the ball.

Word History and Origins

Origin of cesta¹

1900–05; < Spanish: literally, basket < Latin cista chest

Example Sentences

That explains the oversized glove, which for Anderson felt like a jai alai cesta compared with the modest mitts infielders use.

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She and her partner were surviving on a "cesta basica", food parcels donated by a local charity in the Salsa e Merengue neighbourhood they call home.

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He and colleagues from the music and education project Farofa Black started raising money for food parcels – known as cesta básica, the basic basket in Brazil – to deliver around the community.

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Cesta, a brand-new label, has just the thing.

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Cesta sisal basket bag with leather strap, $350 at cestacollective.com.

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