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Wordnet 3.0

NOUN (2)

1. a basket (usually hooded) used as a baby's bed;

2. a perambulator that resembles a bassinet;


The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:

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.] [1913 Webster]
The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:

Bassinet \Bas"si*net\, n. [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. [1913 Webster] 2. See Bascinet. --Lord Lytton. [1913 Webster]
WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):

bassinet n 1: a basket (usually hooded) used as a baby's bed 2: a perambulator that resembles a bassinet