bascinet
Britishnoun
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It consisted of a cuirass, or breastplate of iron, opening at the side with hinges, and catching with hooks and eyes; epauliers, or shoulder-plates; arm-plates and leg-pieces; and a bascinet, or open-faced helmet.
From Men of Iron by Howard Pyle
The knight is clad in armour, viz., a spherical bascinet, with a camail of chain-mail.
From Bell's Cathedrals: The Abbey Church of Tewkesbury with some Account of the Priory Church of Deerhurst Gloucestershire by H. J. L. J. (Henri Jean Louis Joseph) Massé
A panther-like side-leap, a whirl of glimmering steel, and his long blade smote sparks from Beltane's bascinet, whereat Roger's smile, incontinent, vanished, and his face waxed suddenly anxious and long.
From Beltane the Smith by Jeffery Farnol
At the head of them was a tall, slender knight clad in light chain armor, his head covered only by a steel cap or bascinet.
From Otto of the Silver Hand by Howard Pyle
Incontinent ran Roger to fetch his bascinet the which Beltane slowly fitted on above his hood of mail, and thereafter, albeit unwillingly, fronted this doughty knight, foot to foot and point to point.
From Beltane the Smith by Jeffery Farnol
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