casque
- noun
- /kæsk/
:
casco
- Despite you, there is yet one thing "I hold against you all, "and when tonight I enter Christ's fair courts, "and, lowly bowed, sweep with doffed casque "the heavens' threshold blue, "one thing is left, that, void of stain or smutch, "I bear away despite you."
Examples
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Below: A hunter sells the bill and double-pronged casque of a great hornbill, shot near the town of Putao.
Academic text (2000) -
Ergan, jumping clear, discarded his sword, casque, and greaves almost as he hit the chill gray water.
Fiction book (1992) -
Want to hand me my casque?
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Or may we cram within this wooden O, the very casques that:
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My casque.
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A second group came down from the north: only three, but creatures resplendent in casques, with effulgences like incandescent wires.
Fiction book (1993) -
Can this cockpit hold the vasty fields of France or may we cram within this wooden "o"... the very casques that did affright the air at Agincourt?
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Despite you, there is yet one thing I hold against you all, and when tonight I enter Christ's fair courts and, lowly bowed, sweep with doffed casque the heavens' threshold blue, one thing is left, that, void of stain or smutch, I bear away despite you.
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The knight donned his casque before charging into battle, ensuring his head was protected.
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The ancient museum displayed a beautifully crafted casque that was worn by warriors centuries ago.
Synonyms
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A light medieval helmet with a narrow eye slit that covers the sides and back of the head
A light open helmet worn by soldiers long ago
A light open helmet without a visor used in the 1500s and 1600s
A light metal helmet with a high crest worn by soldiers in the 1500s
Compounds
A land frog that digs and lives underground at night with a hard head
How Protective
Surface Forms
Etymology
The word casque comes from French casque and Latin cassis, both meaning 'helmet'. A similar everyday word is Spanish and Italian casco, so casque refers to a helmet or the hard shell on an animal's head.