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🛡️ An outer cover 🚪 A frame edge
casing

casing

1 5.2
A frame that covers the edges around a door or window
  • noun
  • /ˈkeɪsɪŋ/
  • Specialized
translation icon : marco
  • Town leaders in the past typically searched for factories that would assemble window casings, men's work clothes, or similar labor-intensive products.
  • window casings
  • door casings

Examples

  • The difference between brick molds and casings.

    Academic text (2007)

  • the the case? The casing is made of copper

  • Rolph had fixed the rotting casings and done what she asked.

    Fiction book (1999)

  • On it, apartment houses rusted in seams along drainpipes and window casings.

    Fiction book (1992)

  • At least six evidence markers sat next to the body in a small area no more than two feet wide, indicating the casings were ejected from a gun held by a shooter whose weapon hand was steady.

    Blog text (31)

  • The new house features elegant wood casing around every door and window.

  • Make sure the casing around the window is painted to match the interior décor.

  • The carpenter installed decorative casing that enhances the beauty of the entryway.

Synonyms

molding
vscasing
  • Specialized
26 4.4

A decorative strip of wood or plaster used where a wall meets a ceiling

is focused on enclosing and finishing door or window edges specifically

How Decorative

bead and quirk
  • Specialized
9.9
molding
  • Specialized
26 4.4
trim
34 3.8
casing
  • Specialized
1 5.2
frame
135 1.0

Surface Forms

casing singular
casings plural

Morphology

casing = case (semi-transparent) = case + ing

The word is built transparently from 'case' + '-ing', though the architectural sense is a specialized extension of the general covering meaning.

Etymology

The word casing comes from case, which means a box or cover and comes from an old Latin word capsa meaning 'box'. So a casing around a door or window is like a small 'box' or frame that finishes and protects the opening.