The basinet now rested on the gorget, and was so arranged that the head could be turned to right and left. |
He wore a helmet of the kind that is called a basinet, with eye slits, and chain armour. |
The clangor of steel rose deafeningly, and sparks flew as Conan's sword crashed on basinet and hauberk. |
But in the latter half of the 13th century the basinet was developed into a complete war head-dress and replaced the heaume. |
The pillow or mattress may be turned or perhaps the mattress be raised nearer the edge of the basinet. |
He showed me a large and very rusty helmet, which he informed me was a basinet, a typical type of open-faced helmet with a conical or globular skull. |