BASSINET

bassinet

(noun) a basket (usually hooded) used as a baby’s bed

bassinet

(noun) a perambulator that resembles a bassinet

Source: WordNet® 3.1


Etymology

Noun

bassinet (plural bassinets)

A newborn baby's bed, typically made of woven reeds or straw.

A bascinet (type of helmet).

Anagrams

• basinets, besaints, bestains, stibanes

Source: Wiktionary


Bas"si*net, n. Etym: [Cf. F. bassinet, dim. of bassin. See Basin, and cf. Bascinet.]

1. A wicker basket, with a covering or hood over one end, in which young children are placed as in a cradle.

2. See Bascinet. Lord Lytton.

Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition



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