bascinet

Valid in Scrabble

Scrabble points
12
Words With Friends
15
Letters
8
Pronunciation
/ˌbæsɪˈnɛt/(UK)
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/ˌbæsɪˈnɛt/(UK) · /ˈbæsɪˌnɛt/(UK)

Definition of bascinet

1 sense · 1 part of speech · etymology included

noun

  1. A light helmet, typically with a high, pointed skull, either open-faced (in early models) or made with a visor (later models).

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Etymology

Via Middle English basynet (attested since the early 1300s), from Anglo-Norman bacynet, bacinet (“little basin”), diminutive of bacin, bassin (“basin, helmet”), but compare bassinet.

Anagrams of bascinet

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