Definition of basinet in English:
basinet
(also bascinet)
noun ˈbasɪnɪtˌbasəˈnet
A light, close-fitting steel helmet, typically having a visor.
- Often a light basinet was worn underneath it - or rather the knight usually wore his basinet and only put the heaume on over it at the last moment before engaging.
- He wore a helmet of the kind that is called a basinet, with eye slits, and chain armour.
- As an additional head protection, but occasionally worn alone beneath the mail coif, a metal skullcap called a basinet was developed.
- The great helm persisted but was giving way to the head-hugging bascinet, which sometimes had a visor.
- He showed me a large and very rusty helmet, which he informed me was a basinet, a typical type of open-faced helmet with a conical or globular skull.
Origin
Middle English: from Old French bacinet 'little basin'.
Rhymes
abet, aiguillette, anisette, Annette, Antoinette, arête, Arlette, ate, baguette, banquette, barbette, barrette, bassinet, beget, Bernadette, beset, bet, Bette, blanquette, Brett, briquette, brochette, brunette (US brunet), Burnett, cadet, caravanette, cassette, castanet, charette, cigarette (US cigaret), clarinet, Claudette, Colette, coquette, corvette, couchette, courgette, croquette, curette, curvet, Debrett, debt, dinette, diskette, duet, epaulette (US epaulet), flageolet, flannelette, forget, fret, galette, gazette, Georgette, get, godet, grisette, heavyset, Jeanette, jet, kitchenette, La Fayette, landaulet, launderette, layette, lazaret, leatherette, let, Lett, lorgnette, luncheonette, lunette, Lynette, maisonette, majorette, maquette, Marie-Antoinette, marionette, Marquette, marquisette, martinet, met, minaret, minuet, moquette, motet, musette, Nanette, net, noisette, nonet, novelette, nymphet, octet, Odette, on-set, oubliette, Paulette, pet, Phuket, picquet, pillaret, pincette, pipette, piquet, pirouette, planchette, pochette, quartet, quickset, quintet, regret, ret, Rhett, roomette, rosette, roulette, satinette, septet, serviette, sestet, set, sett, sextet, silhouette, soubrette, spinet, spinneret, statuette, stet, stockinet, sublet, suffragette, Suzette, sweat, thickset, threat, Tibet, toilette, tret, underlet, upset, usherette, vedette, vet, vignette, vinaigrette, wagonette, wet, whet, winceyette, yet, Yvette
Definition of basinet in US English:
basinet
(also bascinet)
nounˌbasəˈnet
historical A medieval helmet of light steel, fitting close to the wearer's head and typically having a visor.
- Often a light basinet was worn underneath it - or rather the knight usually wore his basinet and only put the heaume on over it at the last moment before engaging.
- As an additional head protection, but occasionally worn alone beneath the mail coif, a metal skullcap called a basinet was developed.
- He showed me a large and very rusty helmet, which he informed me was a basinet, a typical type of open-faced helmet with a conical or globular skull.
- He wore a helmet of the kind that is called a basinet, with eye slits, and chain armour.
- The great helm persisted but was giving way to the head-hugging bascinet, which sometimes had a visor.
Origin
Middle English: from Old French bacinet ‘little basin’.