bascinet

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US, UK/ˌbæsɪˈnɛt/US, UK/ˈbæsɪˌnɛt/

noun

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

OriginMiddle English basynet ← Anglo-Norman bacynet →
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Meanings

nounbascinet (plural bascinets)

plural bascinets · alternative basinet · alternative bassinet · alternative bacinet · alternative basnet

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

Origin

  1. Anglo-Normanbacynet
  2. Middle Englishbasynet
  3. Englishbascinet

Via Middle English basynet (attested since the early 1300s), from Anglo-Norman bacynet, bacinet (“little basin”), diminutive of bacin, bassin (“basin, helmet”), but compare bassinet.

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Translations

Catalan bacinet
  • bacinetlight helmet
French bassinet
  • bassinetlight helmet
Italian bacinetto
  • bacinettolight helmet
Polish przyłbica
  • przyłbicalight helmet
Spanish bacinete
  • bacinetelight helmet

Rhymes & wordplay

Anagrams

bisecant
Cite this entry
APA

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

MLA

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

Chicago

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

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