Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- noun A piece of armor that covers the head; a helmet.
- noun Zoology A helmetlike structure or protuberance.
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun A helmet of any kind.
- noun In zoology, some process or formation on the head resembling a helmet; a galea.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- noun A piece of defensive or ornamental armor (with or without a vizor) for the head and neck; a helmet.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- noun A
visorless helmet . - noun A hard structure on the head of some birds, such as the
hornbill orcassowary .
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- noun (15-16th century) any armor for the head; usually ornate without a visor
Etymologies
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License
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Examples
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Rocks that are cruel and relentless as the surges that sweep over them in stormy weather, and which are so quaintly named from their helmet, or "casque" - like resemblance -- rocks, concerning which the poet Swinburne has sung in his eloquent verse, that breathes the very spirit of the sea in depicting the strife of the elements:
Bob Strong's Holidays Adrift in the Channel John B. [Illustrator] Greene
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On top of the head is a "casque" - a helmet-like growth of tough skin.
KUSA-TV - 2009
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On top of the head is a "casque" - a helmet-like growth of tough skin.
KUSA-TV - 2009
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On top of the head is a "casque" - a helmet-like growth of tough skin.
KUSA-TV - 2009
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On top of the head is a "casque" - a helmet-like growth of tough skin.
KUSA-TV - 2009
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On top of the head is a "casque" - a helmet-like growth of tough skin.
KUSA-TV - 2009
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The bony helmet on his head, called a casque, is distinctively bent and on one side appears rectangular.
Birdology Sy Montgomery 2010
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It is an elegant example of what the French call a casque bourgignon, a Burgundian helmet of distinctive design that was the choice of kings and noblemen—a handsome, high-crowned helmet with a comb and helm forged from a single piece of metal.5 Above the helmet is a large plume of white feathers called a panache—the origin of our modern word.
Champlain's Dream David Hackett Fischer 2008
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It is an elegant example of what the French call a casque bourgignon, a Burgundian helmet of distinctive design that was the choice of kings and noblemen—a handsome, high-crowned helmet with a comb and helm forged from a single piece of metal.5 Above the helmet is a large plume of white feathers called a panache—the origin of our modern word.
Champlain's Dream David Hackett Fischer 2008
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It is an elegant example of what the French call a casque bourgignon, a Burgundian helmet of distinctive design that was the choice of kings and noblemen -- a handsome, high-crowned helmet with a comb and helm forged from a single piece of metal.
'Champlain's Dream: The European Founding of North America' 2008
utarcher commented on the word casque
Whether from love of form, or from curiosity, the marshals paid no attention to his expressions of reluctance, but unhelmed him by cutting the laces of his casque, and undoing the fastening of his gorget. When the helmet was removed, the well-formed, yet sun-burnt features of a young man of twenty-five were seen, amidst a profusion of short fair hair.
--Ivanhoe, Chapter XII, by Sir Walter Scott
January 10, 2011
qms commented on the word casque
On sidelines some folks have the task
Of tending a squeezable flask
And being alert
To give players a squirt
While still in the big football casque.
January 30, 2019