(1) He wore a helmet of the kind that is called a basinet , with eye slits, and chain armour.(2) As an additional head protection, but occasionally worn alone beneath the mail coif, a metal skullcap called a basinet was developed.(3) Often a light basinet was worn underneath it - or rather the knight usually wore his basinet and only put the heaume on over it at the last moment before engaging.(4) 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.(5) The great helm persisted but was giving way to the head-hugging bascinet , which sometimes had a visor.
