[bas-uh-net, bas-uh-net] 
| 1. | a basket with a hood over one end, for use as a baby's cradle. |
| 2. | a style of perambulator resembling this. |
| 3. | Armor. basinet. |
[bas-uh-nit, -net, bas-uh-net] | 1. | a globular or pointed helmet of the 14th century, often provided with a visor or aventail: evolved from the cervellière. Compare great basinet. |
| 2. | a supplementary cap that is worn underneath a helm, as an arming cap. |
| bas·si·net (bās'ə-nět', bās'ə-nět') n. An oblong basketlike bed for an infant. [French, small basin, diminutive of bassin, basin, from Old French bacin; see basin.] |
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