bacin
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