bathinet/baskinet

[Wilson Gray]

FWIW, my own impression since childhood has been that _baskinet_ "a
kind of basket for carrying a baby in, usually woven from thin, but
wide, strips of some kind of wood," was a blend of "basket" and
"bassinet."

-Wilson.

On Thu, Mar 11, 2010 at 10:23 AM, Amy West <medievalist at w-sts.com> wrote:
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> I blame my former work at the museum for my consistently spelling the
> baby apparatus the way that you spell the helmet. (It's better to
> blame that than my ignorance or stupidity.)
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> ---Amy West
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>>i'm puzzled.  Amy was describing what she knows as a "bathinet", which
>>she says was different from a "basinet" (i.s., bassinet).
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