Obs. [a. OF. bastonet (mod. bâtonnet) lit. ‘little stick,’ dim. of baston stick, BATON.] A kind of bit: see the quot.
1611. Cotgr., Bastonnet … the bastonet of a bridle.
1617. Markham, Caval., II. 59. I haue seen some horsmen vse that bytt which we call the Bastonet or Jeiue bytt, which is made with round buttons or great rough ringes.
