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Definition of Casings
1. n. pl. Dried dung of cattle used as fuel.
Definition of Casings
1. Noun. (plural of casing) ¹
2. Noun. (UK dialect archaic) Dried cattle dung used as fuel. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Casings
1. casing [n] - See also: casing
Lexicographical Neighbors of Casings
Literary usage of Casings
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Belt Conveyors and Belt Elevators by Frederic Valerius Hetzel (1922)
"casings of light sheet steel, No. 14 gauge and less, cannot be made ... When light
casings must be made so tight that dust will not leak out at the seams ..."
2. American Foundry Practice: Treating of Loam, Dry Sand and Green Sand by Thomas Dyson West (1882)
"The pots made in these casings are used in a wire factory for heating wire.
In the morning, when the casings are hoisted out and when they are hot, ..."
3. Cyclopedia of American Agriculture: A Popular Survey of Agricultural by Liberty Hyde Bailey (1908)
"Many persons stuff it into casings made from the small intestines of the hog.
... casings for sausage can be bought for about three cents per pound. ..."
4. Concrete-steel Construction (Der Eisenbetonbau) by Emil Mörsch, Ernest Payson Goodrich (1909)
"SUNKEN WELL casings Sunken well casings of reinforced concrete were ... Compared with
masonry well casings, they are capable of resisting heavier external ..."
5. Design and Construction of Heat Engines by William Edward Ninde (1920)
"There is very little calculation involved in the design of casings, ... One of
the principal problems in connection with casings is to provide suitable ..."
6. The Cultivator by New York State Agricultural Society (1847)
"My Rotary Cylindrical Grain Dryer is composed of three metalic cylindrical casings,
of different sizes, combined concentrically, the one within another, ..."
7. The Iron-founder: A Comprehensive Treaties on the Art of Moulding. Including by Simpson Bolland (1892)
"165a shows section of casings for cope and core, closed and ready for casting.
... These casings can be swept in loam and cast about 1 inch thick, ..."
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