basnet
Americannoun
Example Sentences
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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
Roland hastened to pull off his basnet, and beseech the Abbot's blessing.
From The Abbot by Scott, Walter, Sir
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
And see ascending squadrons come Between Tweed's river and the hill, Foot, horse, and cannon: hap what hap, My basnet to a 'prentice cap, Lord Surrey's o'er the Till!
From Marmion by Morley, Henry
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
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