Basinet vs Bacinet - What's the difference?
basinet | bacinet |
A bascinet.
* 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.
