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casque
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noun
1.
an open, conical helmet with a nose guard, commonly used in the medieval period.
2.
any helmet-shaped head covering.
3.
Zoology
.
a process or formation on the head, resembling a helmet.
Origin:
1570–80;
<
Middle French
<
Spanish
casco
helmet, head, earthen pot; akin to
cascara
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casqued
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adjective
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casque
(kæsk)
—
n
zoology
a helmet or a helmet-like process or structure, as on the bill of most hornbills
[C17: from French, from Spanish
casco;
see
cask
]
casqued
—
adj
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casque
"armor for the head," 1580, from Fr., see
cask
.
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"What are ye doing?" cried Manfred, wrathfully: "Where is my son?" A volley of voices replied, "Oh, my lord! the prince! the prince! the helmet! the helmet!" Shocked with these lamentable sounds, and dreading he knew not what, he advanced hastily—But what a sight for a father's eyes!—He beheld his child dashed to pieces, and almost buried under an enormous helmet, an hundred times more large than any
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