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Definition of "casque" [casque]

  • A helmet, especially an ornate visorless headpiece of the 16th century. (noun)
  • Zoology A helmetlike structure or protuberance. (noun)

American Heritage(R) Dictionary of the English Language, Fifth Edition. Copyright (c) 2011 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. All rights reserved.

Use "casque" in a sentence
  • "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:"
  • "On top of the head is a "casque" - a helmet-like growth of tough skin."
  • "The bony helmet on his head, called a casque, is distinctively bent and on one side appears rectangular."