basnet
Americannoun
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Oh! is my basnet a widow's curch, Or my lance a wand o' the willow-tree, Or my arm a lady's lily hand, That an English lord should lightly me?
From Queen Hildegarde by Richards, Laura Elizabeth Howe
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
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
But the magnificent recumbent bronze effigy below represents him in his fighting kit, basnet on head.
From The Romance of Words (4th ed.) by Weekley, Ernest
O is my basnet a widow’s curch?Or my lance a wand of the willow-tree?Or my arm a lady’s lilye hand,That an English lord should lightly me?
From A Collection of Ballads by Lang, Andrew
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