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See also:BASINET (a diminutive of " See also:basin ") , a See also:form of See also:helmet or headpiece . The See also:original small See also:basinet was a See also:light open cap, with a peaked See also:crown . This was used alternately to, and even in See also:conjunction with, the large heavy heaume . But in the latter See also:half of the 13th See also:century the basinet was See also:developed into a See also:complete See also:war See also:head-See also:dress and replaced the heaume . In this form it was larger and heavier, had a vizor (though not always a pivoted vizor like that of the later See also:armet), and was connected with the See also:gorget by a " camail " or See also:mail See also:hood, the head and See also:neck thus being entirely covered . It is always to be recognized by its peaked crown . The word is spelt in various forms, " bassinet," " bascinet," " bacinet," or " basnet." The form bassinet " is used for the hooded wicker See also:cradle or perambulator for babies . |
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