bacinet

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A form of bascinet — A light helmet, typically with a high, pointed skull, either open-faced (in early models) or made with a visor (later models).

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Meanings

nounbacinet (plural bacinets)

plural bacinets

  1. alternativeAlternative form of bascinet.

    Bacinets were light helmets, so called from their resemblance to a bason, and were generally without vizors, though from diverse quotations cited by Du Cange, they appear occasionally to have had them.

    1786, Francis Grose, A Treatise on Ancient Armour and Weapons, page 11

Rhymes & wordplay

Anagrams

cabinetCabiten
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APA

bacinet. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/bacinet

MLA

“bacinet.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/bacinet. Accessed November 3, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “bacinet,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/bacinet.

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