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a basket with a hood over one end, for use as a baby’s cradle.
a style of perambulator resembling this.
armor. basinet.
contemporary examples

i was barely out of the b-ssinet when the country last experienced a recession.
the ultimate recession food emily farris december 7, 2008

historical examples

if you keep the b-ssinet, you must let us have the perambulator—the child’s bedding and half its clothes are in it.
cynthia leonard merrick

the b-ssinet on the figure to the right is particularly noteworthy.
armour in england j. starkie gardner

and now, as i brace my b-ssinet, may g-d grant us all a glorious victory, or a glorious grave!
the last of the barons, complete edward bulwer-lytton

this completes one diamond, which for a b-ssinet quilt will be large enough.
the ladies’ work-book unknown

italian he might be were his b-ssinet more sloped, but i will swear that those plates were welded betwixt this and rhine.
the white company arthur conan doyle

aubrey said you would probably want to put it into a b-ssinet!
the upas tree florence l. barclay

the b-ssinet, however, serves one useful purpose, it saves the expense of a cradle.
london’s underworld thomas holmes

i have not the smallest desire, ronald, to put your ‘cello into a b-ssinet!
the upas tree florence l. barclay

the babe practically unwashed, the house becomes grimy, and the bed and b-ssinet nasty.
london’s underworld thomas holmes

noun
a wickerwork or wooden cradle or pram, usually hooded
n.

“wicker cradle,” 1854, from french b-ssinet “a little basin,” diminutive of b-ssin (see basin), or, as per klein, the english word is from french bercelonette, double diminutive of berceau “cradle,” altered by b-ssin “basin.” middle english had bacinet “hemispherical helmet” (c.1300).