A wide bowl for washing, sometimes affixed to a wall.
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c. 1590–1592 (date written), William Shakespeare, “The Taming of the Shrew”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies […] (First Folio), London: […] Isaac Iaggard, and Ed[ward] Blount, published 1623, →OCLC, [Act II, scene i]:
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First, as you know, my house within the cityIs richly furnished with plate and gold,Basins and ewers to lave her dainty hands;
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1611, The Holy Bible, […] (King James Version), London: […] Robert Barker, […], →OCLC, John 13:5:
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After that he poureth water into a bason, and began to wash the disciples’ feet, and to wipe them with the towel wherewith he was girded.
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1766, T[obias] Smollett, “Letter V”, in Travels through France and Italy. […], London: […] R[oberts] Baldwin, […], →OCLC:
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What then, you will say, must a man sit with his chops and fingers up to the ears and knuckles in grease? No; let those who cannot eat without defiling themselves, step into another room, provided with basons and towels: but I think it would be better to institute schools, where youth may learn to eat their victuals, without daubing themselves, or giving offence to the eyes of one another.
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1923, Willa Cather, One of Ours[1], Book One, Chapter 1:
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Everybody had washed before going to bed, apparently, and the bowls were ringed with a dark sediment which the hard, alkaline water had not dissolved. Shutting the door on this disorder, he turned back to the kitchen, took Mahailey’s tin basin, doused his face and head in cold water, and began to plaster down his wet hair.