Hierarchy classification:

1. top of the aat hierarchies
2. Objects Facet
3. Furnishings and Equipment (hierarchy name)
4. Costume (hierarchy name)
5. costume (mode of fashion)
6. [costume by function]
7. protective wear
8. armor
9. [armor by form]
10. body armor
11. [body armor for neck and head]
12. [body armor for the head]
13. basnets

Anotations

Scope note:

Heavy basnets having a hinged visor with an eye slit, a long neck guard overlapping the top of the backplate and a wide bevor, so that the weight was borne on the shoulders rather than the head. They were in use from the late 14th to the early 16th century, becoming particularly heavy and long in the late 15th century.