† cabassetn.
Obsolete. rare.
A kind of small helmet.
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1622 H. Peacham Compl. Gentleman iii. 161 Keies, lockes, buckles, cabassets or morians, helmets, and the like.
1869 C. Boutell tr. J. P. Lacombe Arms & Armour ix. 162 The cabasset, or common infantry head-piece, is simply a light morion, or iron cap.
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