Source : Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)

Bascinet \Bas"ci*net\, n. [OE. bacinet, basnet, OF. bassinet,
   bacinet, F. bassinet, dim. of OF. bacin, F. bassin, a helmet
   in the form of a basin.]
   A light helmet, at first open, but later made with a visor.
   [Written also {basinet}, {bassinet}, {basnet}.]