'Basinet' definitions:
noun
A medieval steel helmet
- Basinet \Bas"i*net\, n.
Same as Bascinet.
[1913 Webster]
- 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.]
[1913 Webster]
