bassinet

[ bas-uh-net, bas-uh-net ]
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noun
  1. a basket with a hood over one end, for use as a baby's cradle.

  2. a style of perambulator resembling this.

  1. Armor. basinet.

Origin of bassinet

1
1570–80; <French: pan; see basin, -et

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bassinet

/ (ˌbæsɪˈnɛt) /


noun
  1. a wickerwork or wooden cradle or pram, usually hooded

Origin of bassinet

1
C19: from French: little basin, from bassin basin; associated in folk etymology with French barcelonnette a little cradle, from berceau cradle

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