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Definition of Bassinets
1. bassinet [n] - See also: bassinet
Literary usage of Bassinets
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Health United States 1995: The Annual National Report on Health by Kate Prager, Diane M. Makuc, Jacob J. Feldman (1998)
"Data for beds and bassinets of nonreporting hospitals were based on the most
recent information available from those hospitals. Facilities and services and ..."
2. The Gentleman's Magazine (1858)
"Burnished bassinets are mentioned in documents of this age. The Inventory of the
Effects of Piers Gaveston in 1313 has: “Item, en un sak, ..."
3. Tenures of Land & Customs of Manors by William Carew Hazlitt, Thomas Blount (1874)
"bassinets were worn in the reigns of Edward II. and III., and Richard II., by
most of the English infantry, as may be repeatedly seen in the rolls of ..."
4. Tenures of Land & Customs of Manors by Thomas Blount, William Carew Hazlitt (1874)
"... to ease and refresh themselves, at a time when they could not with propriety
go quite unarmed. bassinets were worn in the reigns of Edward II. and lII., ..."
5. Helmets and Body Armor in Modern Warfare by Bashford Dean (1920)
"Light headpieces average three pounds in weight and include early bassinets, ...
Medium helmets weighing about six pounds occur in visored bassinets, ..."
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