Usually means: Medieval helmet with pointed visor.
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  1. bascinet: Merriam-Webster
  2. bascinet: Oxford Learner's Dictionaries
  3. bascinet: Collins English Dictionary
  4. bascinet: Wordnik
  5. bascinet: Wiktionary
  6. Bascinet: Dictionary.com
  7. Bascinet: Wikipedia, the Free Encyclopedia
  8. Bascinet: Online Plain Text English Dictionary
  9. bascinet: Webster's Revised Unabridged, 1913 Edition
  10. Bascinet: AllWords.com Multi-Lingual Dictionary
  11. bascinet: FreeDictionary.org
  12. bascinet: TheFreeDictionary.com

Art (1 matching dictionary)
  1. An Illustrated Dictionary of Jewelry (No longer online)

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  1. Arms and Armour (No longer online)

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Definitions from Wiktionary (bascinet)

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

Similar:
bacinet, basinet, basenet, Basnet, bassinet, burgonet, casquetel, casque, brasset, barbute, more...

Opposite:
open-faced helmet, visor helmet, great helm

Types:
great bascinet, frog-mouth bascinet, pig-faced bascinet, dog-faced bascinet, stechhelm, more...

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Similar:
bacinet, basinet, basenet, Basnet, bassinet, burgonet, casquetel, casque, brasset, barbute, more...

Opposite:
open-faced helmet, visor helmet, great helm

Types:
great bascinet, frog-mouth bascinet, pig-faced bascinet, dog-faced bascinet, stechhelm, more...



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