casque
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casque
- /kɑːsk/ UK
- /kæsk/ US
Sounds like cask · Rhymes with -æsk
Where it comes from
Borrowed from French casque. Doublet of casco and cask.
noun casques
- A helmet. He beheld his child dashed to pieces, and almost buried under an enormous helmet, an hundred times more large than any casque ever made for human being, and shaded with a proportionable quantity of black feathers.
- A hard structure on the head of some birds, such as cassowaries, some hornbills and guineafowl, and some reptiles such as chameleons and basilisks. Helmeted Hornbill, Rhinoplax vigil (CR): Restricted to the Thai-Malay Peninsula, Sumatra and Borneo, this is the only hornbill species whose casque is solid keratin and therefore carvable.
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Synonym of galea.
Similar: galea
Translations
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noun visorless helmet
| 한국어 | 투구 tugu |
|---|---|
| 日本語 | カスク kasuku |
| 中文 | 盔 kuī |
| Deutsch | Helm, Helm ohne Visier |
| Русский | откры́тый шлем otkrýtyj šlem |
Talk about this word "casque." Wiktionary, via Micwyn, micwyn.com/word/casque. Accessed 6 Nov. 2026. casque. (n.d.). In Wiktionary, via Micwyn. Retrieved November 6, 2026, from https://micwyn.com/word/casque "casque." Wiktionary, via Micwyn. Accessed November 6, 2026. https://micwyn.com/word/casque.Cite this
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title = {casque},
howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
year = {2026},
url = {https://micwyn.com/word/casque},
urldate = {2026-11-06}
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