1599 J. Minsheu at Gineta lança A ginnet launce.
1600 J. Pory tr. J. Leo Africanus ii. 364 They fight on horse~backe after the Gynnet fashion, they use lances with two heads, and darts and arrowes.
1600 E. Blount tr. G. F. di Conestaggio 197 A thousande foote, and five hundreth horse, after the Genette manner.
1611 R. Cotgrave Genet, a kind of bit with a round port..a Genet-bit.