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casque

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casque  (ksk)
n.
1. A helmet, especially an ornate visorless headpiece of the 16th century.
2. Zoology A helmetlike structure or protuberance.
[French, from Spanish casco; see cask.]
casqued (kskt) adj.
casque [kæsk]
n
(Life Sciences & Allied Applications / Zoology) Zoology a helmet or a helmet-like process or structure, as on the bill of most hornbills
[from French, from Spanish casco; see cask]
casqued  adj
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Noun1.casquecasque - (15-16th century) any armor for the head; usually ornate without a visor
body armor, body armour, cataphract, coat of mail, suit of armor, suit of armour - armor that protects the wearer's whole body
casquet, casquetel - a light open casque without a visor or beaver
helmet - armor plate that protects the head


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I thought he was trying to read my character, but I felt as secure against his scrutiny as if I had had on a casque with the visor down-or rather I showed him my countenance with the confidence that one would show an unlearned man a letter written in Greek; he might see lines, and trace characters, but he could make nothing of them; my nature was not his nature, and its signs were to him like the words of an unknown tongue.
The Professor by Bronte, Charlotte View in context
Some wore a corselet of pieces of hard wood laced together with bear grass, so as to form a light coat of mail, pliant to the body; and a kind of casque of cedar bark, leather, and bear grass, sufficient to protect the head from an arrow or war club.
Astoria or Anecdotes of an enterprise beyond the Rocky Mountains by Irving, Washington View in context
Of a fourth opinion the most conspicuous representative was the Tsarevich, who could not forget his disillusionment at Austerlitz, where he had ridden out at the head of the Guards, in his casque and cavalry uniform as to a review, expecting to crush the French gallantly; but unexpectedly finding himself in the front line had narrowly escaped amid the general confusion.
War and Peace by Tolstoy, Leo View in context
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