bacin
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Middle English[edit]
Noun[edit]
bacin
- Alternative form of basyn
Old French[edit]
Alternative forms[edit]
- bachin (northern)
Etymology[edit]
From Vulgar Latin *baccinum, probably of Gaulish origin. Borrowed into English as basin.
Noun[edit]
bacin oblique singular, m (oblique plural bacins, nominative singular bacins, nominative plural bacin)
- basin (container for liquids)
- c. 1250, Marie de France, Guigemar:
- En bacins d'or ewe aporterent
- They brought water in basins made of gold