Definition of busks:
(v) :
(intransitive, especially UK) To solicit money by entertaining the public in the street or in public transport.
(n) :
A strip of metal, whalebone, wood, or other material, worn in the front of a corset to stiffen it.
(n) :
(by extension) A corset.
(v) :
(transitive, Northern England, Scotland) To prepare; to make ready; to array; to dress.
(v) :
(nautical) To tack, cruise about.
(v) :
(Northern England, Scotland) To go; to direct one's course.