So she took down her bakeboard, and went to the girnel and fetched a basinful of meal; but when she went to seek a jug of water to mix the meal with, she found that there was none in the house.
"The Scottish Fairy Book"
Elizabeth W. Grierson
"Now, then," and he was across the room, pouring out a basinful of water, to thrust his swollen face within it.
"Five Little Peppers at School"
Margaret Sidney
The trouble was that as the frost continued water became scarce-baths had stopped long ago-and it began to be a question of getting even a basinful to wash in.
"Fanny Goes to War"
Pat Beauchamp