bascinet
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English
[edit]![](http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/74/KHM_Wien_A_24_-_Bascinet_of_Ernst_of_Austria%2C_c._1400.jpg/220px-KHM_Wien_A_24_-_Bascinet_of_Ernst_of_Austria%2C_c._1400.jpg)
Alternative forms
[edit]Etymology
[edit]Via Middle English basynet (attested since the early 1300s), from Anglo-Norman bacynet, bacinet (“little basin”), diminutive of bacin, bassin (“basin, helmet”), but compare bassinet.
Pronunciation
[edit]- (UK, General American) IPA(key): /ˌbæsɪˈnɛt/, /ˈbæsɪˌnɛt/
Audio (Southern England): (file)
Noun
[edit]bascinet (plural bascinets)
- A light helmet, typically with a high, pointed skull, either open-faced (in early models) or made with a visor (later models).
Translations
[edit]light helmet