Definition of "basnet" [bas•net]

• Alternative form of bascinet. (noun)

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• "Ale Water about a fortnight later in the year, as Sir Walter described him in his "Lay" as riding along the wooded path when "green hazels o'er his basnet nod," which indicated the month of September."
• "In the brief but interesting accounts of this singular man, which we meet with in the ancient Chronicles of Italy, it is mentioned that he was the inventer of a new species of casque or steel basnet, denominated"
• "The Breton knights returned to Josselin, their helmets decorated with branches of the broom — “In every basnet a bright broom flower;” the place where the battle was fought running, according to the French poem,"