Complete Definition of "bacinet"

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Noun
bacinet (plural bacinets)
#A bascinet.
#:Quotations
#:*1786: Bacinets were light helmets, so called from their resemblance to a bason, and were generally without vizors, though from diverse quotations cited by Du Cange, they appear occasionally to have had them. — Francis Grose, A Treatise on Ancient Armour and Weapons, page 11.

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