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Definition of Basnets
1. basnet [n] - See also: basnet
Lexicographical Neighbors of Basnets
Literary usage of Basnets
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The Bruce: Or, The Book of the Most Excellent and Noble Prince, Robert de by John Barbour, John Lydgate (1894)
"... Sir Aymer comes there with 3000 On the day appointed, he advances. His men
are in two squadrons. Their basnets gleam in the sun. ..."
2. Popular British Ballads, Ancient and Modern by Reginald Brimley Johnson (1894)
"The English men let their bows be, And pulled out brands that were bright; It
was a heavy sight to see Bright swords on basnets light. ..."
3. Little Masterpieces of English Poetry edited by Henry Van Dyke, Hardin Craig (1905)
"The Englishmen let their bows be, And pulled out brands that were bright; I2° It
was a heavy sight to see Bright swords on basnets light. ..."
4. The Best English and Scottish Ballads (1911)
"The Englishmen let their bowes be, And pull'd out brands that were bright; It
was a heavy sight to see Bright swords on basnets light. 29. ..."
5. Archaeologia Cambrensis by Cambrian Archaeological Association, Thomas Rowland Powel, Donald Moore (1890)
"From the will just mentioned it becomes possible to construct the following
pedigree of the earlier basnets of Eyton:— Richard ..."
6. The Ballad Book: A Selection of the Choicest British Ballads by William ed Allingham (1898)
"5 The Englishmen let their bowes be, And pull'd out brands that were bright; It
was a heavy sight to see Bright swords on basnets light. ..."
7. Scottish Notes and Queries edited by John Bulloch, John Alexander Henderson (1899)
"“The outlaw smiled, ‘twas a soldier's smile, The Gordons, blyth and ready, Ne'er
stooped the plumes of their basnets bright, Save to a winsome lady. ..."
8. A Book of Old Ballads edited by Cora Morton (1917)
"The Englishmen let their bowes be, And pull'd out brands that were bright; 120
It was a heavy sight to see Bright swords on basnets light. 30. ..."
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