basnet
Americannoun
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O is my basnet a widow’s curch, Or my lance a wand of the willow-tree, Or my arm a ladye’s lilye hand, That an English lord should lightly me?
From Ballads of Scottish Tradition and Romance Popular Ballads of the Olden Times - Third Series by Sidgwick, Frank
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
After dinner he rested awhile, and called to the carline and bade her bring him his sword and his basnet.
From The Well at the World's End: a tale by Morris, William
Thus the basnet— "My basnet to a prentice cap, Lord Surrey's o'er the Till."
From The Romance of Words (4th ed.) by Weekley, Ernest
The nobleness of one whose head was covered by that royal basnet; the fearlessness of one whose brows were consciously shaded by it.
From The Old Helmet, Volume I by Warner, Susan
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