bascinet
Britishnoun
Example Sentences
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Then, kneeling by Sir Fidelis, he took his heavy head upon his arm and beheld his cheeks pale and wan, his eyes fast shut, and saw his shining bascinet scored and deep-dinted by the blow.
From Beltane the Smith by Farnol, Jeffery
"You must strike harder, Flat-Nose, to reach a skull through Spanish bascinet," he said.
From Beatrix of Clare by Underwood, Clarence F.
Myles was polishing his bascinet with lard and wood-ashes, rubbing the metal with a piece of leather, and wiping it clean with a fustian rag.
From Men of Iron by Pyle, Howard
She had now divested herself of her bascinet and steel jupon, and the young squire saw before him a tall, stately lady of about thirty years of age.
From The Winning of the Golden Spurs by Westerman, Percy F. (Percy Francis)
He had a coat of fine red gold, And a bascinet of steel; Take note his goodly Collayne sword Smote the spur upon his heel.
From The Defence of Guenevere and Other Poems by Morris, William
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