Definition of "casquet" [casquet]

• A head-piece without a movable vizor, worn in the sixteenth century and later. (noun)
• See casket. (noun)

The Century Dictionary (Public Domain)

• "It is like some miniature and magic church, a casquet made splendid not with jewels but with beauty, where the miracle picture of Madonna -- not that ancient and wonderful picture by Ugolino da Siena, but a work, it is said, of Bernardo"
• "There is but little of interest in the present buildings at Vallombrosa, which date from the seventeenth century; nor does the church itself possess anything of importance, unless it be the relic of S. Giovanni enshrined in a casquet of the sixteenth century, a work of Paolo"
• "_casquet_ still crowding out his lop ears; his hand clenched beside a stiletto which lay on the stone flagging beside him."