basnet

American  

[bas-nit, -net] / ˈbæs nɪt, -nɛt /

noun

Armor.

1. basinet.

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Example Sentences

And he rode furth with his basnet upon his hedde, and all other men of armes went upon theire fete a fast paas in holle arraie, an Englisshe myle er thei assemblid.

From A Chronicle of London from 1089 to 1483 Written in the Fifteenth Century, and for the First Time Printed from MSS. in the British Museum by Nicolas, Nicholas Harris, Sir

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

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

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

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