Hypertext Webster Gateway: "bassinet"
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
Bassinet \Bas"si*net\, n. [Cf. F. bassinet, dim. of bassin. See
{Basin}, and cf. {Bascinet}.]
1. A wicker basket, with a covering or hood over one end, in
which young children are placed as in a cradle.
2. See {Bascinet}. --Lord Lytton.
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 WordNet (r) 1.7 (wn)
bassinet
n 1: a basket (usually hooded) used as a baby's bed
2: a perambulator that resembles a bassinet
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