[A tradesman’s perversion of BASSINET or bassinette, whereby that word is ignorantly referred to the F. berceau ‘cradle,’ with which it has no connection. Berceaunette is, of course, an impossible form in Fr., and is a patent modern instance of pseudo-etymological spelling.]
1885. Bazaar, 30 March, 1250/3. Berceaunette carriage, nearly new, must be sold. Ibid. Splendid berceaunette perambulator, one of the handsomest carriages ever made.
