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Definition of Casque
1. Noun. (15-16th century) any armor for the head; usually ornate without a visor.
Specialized synonyms: Casquet, Casquetel
Generic synonyms: Helmet
Definition of Casque
1. n. A piece of defensive or ornamental armor (with or without a vizor) for the head and neck; a helmet.
Definition of Casque
1. Noun. A visorless helmet. ¹
2. Noun. A hard structure on the head of some birds, such as the hornbill or cassowary. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Casque
1. a helmet [n -S] : CASQUED [adj]
Lexicographical Neighbors of Casque
Literary usage of Casque
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The Complete Poetical Works of Sir Walter Scott by Walter Scott (1900)
"... him to such task Well could it cleave the strongest casque And reud the surest
shield. XXIX The wicket with its bars of brass, 590 The raised ..."
2. Birds by Eugene William Oates, William Thomas Blanford (1895)
"casque large in adults, as high as upper mandible or higher. a". ... No casque;
oblique ridges at side of composed of transverse ridges ..."
3. Chambers's Encyclopædia: A Dictionary of Universal Knowledge for the People by Chambers, W. and R., publ (1876)
"casque. See HELMET. CASS, LEWIS, an American statesman, born at Exeter, New
Hampshire, in 1782. He was educated for the law, but quitting that ..."
4. Proceedings of the Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia by Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia (1864)
"From end of muzzle to posterior border of casque 2" 4"'; least width of frontal
region 1" 5'"; greatest width of casque posteriorly 2"; from casque to vent ..."
5. Catalogue of the Birds in the British Museum by Richard Bowdler Sharpe, British Museum (Natural History). Dept. of Zoology (1892)
"casque large, subquadrate, concave in front, and rising into a square corner on
either ... of soft feathers ; casque absent or very small and keel-shaped. ..."
6. Holland and Its People by Edmondo de Amicis (1881)
"the lady; " the lover who has little money gives a silver ' casque. ... And as
for jealousy, I, who have a maid with a gold casque, and a housemaid with a ..."
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