Obs. Also 6 quysshenet, cushnet, 7 cushinet, -onet, coshionet. [a. F. coussinet (in 16–17th c. also coissinet), dim. of coissin, coussin cushion: see -ET.] A little cushion; a pin-cushion.
1542. Will of Jane Fitzwilliam (Somerset Ho.). Quysshenet.
1592. Greene, Disput., 33. If he layd those slippes on her cushnet.
1611. Cotgr., Espinglier … a Pinpillow or cushinet to sticke pinnes on.
1647. H. More, Song of Soul, I. II. lxxvi. Closer set With sharp distinctions than a cushionet With pins and needles.
1721. Bailey, Cushinet, a little Cushion.
