bascinet
Britishnoun
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In the south aisle of the chancel of Chewton-Mendip church, on a high-tomb are the recumbent effigies of a knight and lady,—the knight in chain and plate armour, with bascinet, mail-gorget, baudrick and spurs.
From The Strife of the Roses and Days of the Tudors in the West by William Henry Hamilton Rogers
Swiftly Raymond bent to his aid, and, cutting asunder the laces of his bascinet, he found the stranger to be none other than Sir Reginald Scarsdale!
From The Winning of the Golden Spurs by Percy F. (Percy Francis) Westerman
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 Howard Pyle
The word is spelt in various forms, "bassinet," "bascinet," "bacinet," or "basnet."
From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 3, Part 1, Slice 3 "Banks" to "Bassoon" by Various
Within the square was Roger, hoarse-voiced, with Beltane's battered war-helm on a pike whereto the foresters mustered—hardy and brown-faced men, fitting on bascinet and buckling belt, yet very quiet and orderly.
From Beltane the Smith by Jeffery Farnol
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