basnet
Americannoun
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And he arose and did on his hauberk and basnet, and girt his sword to his side, and went forth, a-foot as before.
From The Well at the World's End: a tale by Morris, William
The groom stood in blank rumination; bore himself enduringly; and awaited with oxlike equanimity the stroke of some mace upon his basnet, which should crush him to the ground.
From Translations from the German (Vol 3 of 3) Tales by Musaeus, Tieck, Richter by Carlyle, Thomas
Green hazels o'er his basnet nod; He passed the Peel of Goldieland, And crossed old Borthwick's roaring strand; Dimly he view'd the Moat-hill's mound.
From From John O'Groats to Land's End by Naylor, Robert
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
He had clad himself from basnet to shoes in steel, and mounted on a strong destrier, went his road to essay the Passage of the Thorn.
From French Mediaeval Romances from the Lays of Marie de France by France, Marie de
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