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bassinet

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bas·si·net  (bs-nt, bs-nt)
n.
An oblong basketlike bed for an infant.
[French, small basin, diminutive of bassin, basin, from Old French bacin; see basin.]
bassinet [ˌbæsɪˈnɛt]
n
(Fine Arts & Visual Arts / Furniture) a wickerwork or wooden cradle or pram, usually hooded
[from French: little basin, from bassin basin; associated in folk etymology with French barcelonnette a little cradle, from berceau cradle]
ThesaurusLegend:  Synonyms Related Words Antonyms
Noun1.bassinetbassinet - a basket (usually hooded) used as a baby's bed
baby bed, baby's bed - a small bed for babies; enclosed by sides to prevent the baby from falling
2.bassinet - a perambulator that resembles a bassinet
perambulator, pram, pushchair, baby buggy, baby carriage, stroller, go-cart, carriage, pusher - a small vehicle with four wheels in which a baby or child is pushed around
Translations
bassinet
n → Babykorb m; (old: = pram) → Kinderwagen m


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We have marksmen in the Company who will notch with a shaft every crevice and joint of a man-at-arm's harness, from the clasp of his bassinet to the hinge of his greave.
The White Company by Doyle, Sir Arthur Conan View in context
As she looked upon her champion she saw a lithe, muscular, brown-haired youth whose clear eyes and perfect figure, unconcealed by either bassinet or hauberk, reflected the clean, athletic life of the trained fighting man.
The Outlaw of Torn by Burroughs, Edgar Rice View in context
Clopin Trouillefou, with a very serious air and in a low voice, was regulating the distribution of an enormous cask of arms, which stood wide open in front of him and from whence poured out in profusion, axes, swords, bassinets, coats of mail, broadswords, lance-heads, arrows, and viretons,* like apples and grapes from a horn of plenty.
Notre-Dame de Paris by Hugo, Victor View in context
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