basined (basnd)

Inclosed in a basin, [Rare.] Thy basined rivers and imprisoned seas. Young, Night Thoughts, ix. 918. IMG:content-1727.png:[blocks in formation] to leaves. IMG:content-1728.png:[blocks in formation] 1, Basinet of 1310. 2, Italian Basinet of 1380. (From Viollet-le-Duc's "Dict. du Mobilier français.") ly of very simple form, named from its resemblance to a little basin. It was ordinarily worn alone; but in battle the heavy helmet or heaume was placed over it, resting upon the armor of the neck and shoulders. When the heaume came to be abandoned, on account of its great weight, the basinet was furnished with a vizor. It was the commonest form of headpiece during the thirteenth and fourteenth centuries, and so continued until the introduction of the armet. See hel met, vizor, aventaile, camail, and armor. "So, youngster," said he, looking at Glen dinning, and seeing his military dre , "thou hast ta'en the basnet at last? it is a better cap to live in than die in." Scott , Monastery, II. 213. basinful (bā'sn-ful), n. As much as a basin will hold. [ basin