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bas·si·net

(băs′ə-nĕt′, băs′ə-nĕt′)

An oblong basketlike bed for an infant.

[French, small basin, diminutive of bassin, basin, from Old French bacin; see basin.]

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bassinet

(ˌbæsɪˈnɛt)

(Furniture) a wickerwork or wooden cradle or pram, usually hooded

[C19: from French: little basin, from bassin basin; associated in folk etymology with French barcelonnette a little cradle, from berceau cradle]

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bas•si•net

(ˌbæs əˈnɛt, ˈbæs əˌnɛt)

n.

1. a basket with a hood over one end, for use as a baby's cradle.

2. a style of perambulator resembling this.

[1850–55; alter. of French barcelonette]

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Noun	1.	bassinet - 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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bassinet

n. bacinete, cuna.

English-Spanish Medical Dictionary © Farlex 2012

bassinet

n moisés m, cuna portátil

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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.

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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.

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