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Definition of Basinet
1. Noun. A medieval steel helmet.
Terms within: Aventail, Camail, Ventail
Generic synonyms: Helmet
Definition of Basinet
1. n. Same as Bascinet.
Definition of Basinet
1. Noun. bascinet ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Basinet
1. a medieval helmet [n -S]
Lexicographical Neighbors of Basinet
Literary usage of Basinet
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Arms and Armour in Antiquity and the Middle Ages: Also a Descriptive Notice by Paul Lacombe (1907)
"The defensive action of the basinet was completed by the further addition of an
efficient protection for the face, which was accomplished by means of a ..."
2. The Encyclopaedia Britannica: A Dictionary of Arts, Sciences, Literature and (1910)
"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 ..."
3. English Heraldry by Charles Boutell (1867)
"389,—basinet with Crest-Wreath, Effigy of Sir Humphrey Stafford, AD 1450.
communities, and institutions, Crests altogether lost their original significance ..."
4. The Antiquarian (1871)
"in a suil of plate armour, with a sharply pointed basinet, roundels at the arm-pits
and elbow joints, moustaches— which went out of fashion about 1420 or ..."
5. Sussex Archaeological Collections Relating to the History and Antiquities of by Sussex Archaeological Society (1873)
"Visored basinet, from Austria, with a curious peaked crown. 53. Visored basinet,
with a long snout or beak; a singular effect. 1350. 54. ..."
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