cabasset
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English
[edit]Etymology
[edit]From French cabasset, a diminutive of cabas (“basket”) (perhaps originally formed in Occitan).
Pronunciation
[edit]Noun
[edit]cabasset (plural cabassets)
- (historical) An Italian helmet with a stalk-like projection on the top resembling a pear.
References
[edit]- “cabasset”, in Merriam-Webster Online Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: Merriam-Webster, 1996–present.
- “cabasset”, in The Century Dictionary […], New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., 1911, →OCLC.