Sc. Obs. [? f. bassinet, BASINET, helmet.] A kind of fish; ? a porpoise.
1536. Bellenden, Cron. Scot. (1821), II. 179. Fische … the tane half of thame above the watter, na thing different fra the figour of man: callit, by the pepil, Bassinatis. Thir fische hes blak skinnis hingand on thair bodyis, with quhilk, sum time, thay covir thair heid.
1570. Holinshed, Scot. Chron. (1806), I. 272. Fishes … called Bassinates.
