Definitions for basinets

basinets bas·i·net

Spelling: [bas-uh-nit, -net, bas-uh-net]
IPA: /ˈbæs ə nɪt, -ˌnɛt, ˌbæs əˈnɛt/

Basinets is a 8 letter English word. It's valid Scrabble word worth 9 points. It's valid Words with friends word worth 11 points.

You can make 389 anagrams from letters in basinets (abeinsst).

Definitions for basinets

noun

  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.

Origin of basinets

1250-1300; Middle English bas(e)net Middle French bacinet. See basin, -et

Examples for basinets

The basinet was open at the face or had a movable face-piece (visor or ventaille).

The basinet now rested on the gorget, and was so arranged that the head could be turned to right and left.

The first bed is usually a basinet—a wicker basket with high sides—with or without a hood.

The clangor of steel rose deafeningly, and sparks flew as Conan's sword crashed on basinet and hauberk.

And yet I would wager my basinet to a prentice's flat cap that it is not, for a moment, to be compared to Acre.'

His helmet is a basinet, pointed at the top, probably worn over a complete hood of mail flowing to the mid-breast.

Then an ax, swung blindly in the dark, crashed on the king's basinet, filling his eyes with sparks of fire.

The pillow or mattress may be turned or perhaps the mattress be raised nearer the edge of the basinet.

The basinet, then, is the battle head-dress of nobles, knights and sergeants in the 14th century.

But in the latter half of the 13th century the basinet was developed into a complete war head-dress and replaced the heaume.

Word Value for basinets
Scrable

9

Words with friends

11

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