bassinet
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Noun (2)
- a basket (usually hooded) used as a baby's bedType of baby bed, baby's bed
- a perambulator that resembles a bassinetType of baby buggy, baby carriage
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Webster's Dictionary (1913)
Bas′si·net (…), noun
Origin: 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.
2. See Bascinet. Lord Lytton.
Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913), from GCIDE 0.54