bacin
Middle English
Noun
bacin
- alternative form of basyn
Old French
Alternative forms
- bachin (northern)
Etymology
From Vulgar Latin *baccinum, probably of Gaulish origin. Borrowed into English as basin.
Noun
bacin oblique singular, m (oblique plural bacins, nominative singular bacins, nominative plural bacin)
- basin (container for liquids)
- c. 1250, Marie de France, Guigemar:
- En bacins d'or ewe aporterent
- They brought water in basins made of gold