Hypertext Webster Gateway: "basinet"
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
Bascinet \Bas"ci*net\, n. [OE. bacinet, basnet, OF. bassinet,
bacinet, F. bassinet, dim. of OF. bacin, F. bassin, a helmet
in the form of a basin.]
A light helmet, at first open, but later made with a visor.
[Written also {basinet}, {bassinet}, {basnet}.]
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
Basinet \Bas"i*net\, n.
Same as {Bascinet}.
From WordNet (r) 1.7 (wn)
basinet
n : a medieval steel helmet
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