casquen.

Brit.

/kɑːsk/,

/kask/, U.S.

/kæsk/

Etymology: < French casque, < Spanish casco in same sense: see cask n.

1. A piece of armour to cover the head; a helmet. A term applied very loosely to all kinds of military head-pieces, and now only historical, poetical, or foreign. Formerly written cask n.

ΘΚΠ

society > armed hostility > military equipment > armour > helmet > [noun]

helmc725

hoodc1275

crestc1325

iron hatc1330

testerc1386

helmet1470

cap1530

hood-skull1537

headpiecea1555

caska1586

mazer1605

casque1696

head cover1839

a1586 Sir P. Sidney Arcadia (1590) iii. xxviii. sig. Zz7 A strong caske..wherwith he couerd his head.

1598 R. Barret Theorike & Pract. Mod. Warres v. 142 A strong cask with his open visier.

a1649 W. Drummond Hist. James V in Wks. (1711) 105 Their Casks, Corslets and Vantbraces.

1696 E. Phillips New World of Words (new ed.) Casque, a helmet.

1716 J. Gay Trivia iii. 77 The Fire-man sweats beneath his crooked Arms, A leathern Casque his vent'rous Head defends.

1791 W. Cowper tr. Homer Iliad in Iliad & Odyssey I. iii. 375 They shook them in a brazen casque.

1842 Ld. Tennyson Sir Galahad i, in Poems (new ed.) II. 174 My good blade carves the casques of men.

1877 Daily News 24 Dec. 5/4 The mitre-like casques of the Pauloff Guard regiment.

2. transferred.

a. Botany. The upper lip of the corolla of certain Labiatæ; also the upper division of the perigone of orchids.

ΘΚΠ

the world > plants > part of plant > reproductive part(s) > flower or part containing reproductive organs > [noun] > parts of > galea, upper lip, or hood of corolla or calyx

casque1785

vizardc1789

helmet1793

hood1821

1785 T. Martyn tr. J.-J. Rousseau Lett. Elements Bot. iv. 46 The casque or upper lip arched in order to cover the rest of the flower.

b. Zoology. A helmet-like structure, as in the cassowary, the toucans.

ΘΚΠ

the world > animals > birds > parts of or bird defined by > [noun] > head > appendage on

comba1000

casque1790

rose comb1815

flesh-bunch1841

1790 R. Bland in Med. Communications 2 456 A very small part of the bony casque.

1871 C. Darwin Descent of Man II. xiii. 72 In Buceros corrugatus, the whole beak and immense casque are coloured more conspicuously in the male.

†3. (See quot. 1753.)

ΚΠ

1753 Chambers's Cycl. Suppl. Casque, in natural history, a name given to a kind of murex, called the helmet-shell.

This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1888; most recently modified version published online December 2021).

单词	casque
释义	casquen. Brit. /kɑːsk/, /kask/, U.S. /kæsk/ Etymology: < French casque, < Spanish casco in same sense: see cask n. 1. A piece of armour to cover the head; a helmet. A term applied very loosely to all kinds of military head-pieces, and now only historical, poetical, or foreign. Formerly written cask n. ΘΚΠ society > armed hostility > military equipment > armour > helmet > [noun] helmc725 hoodc1275 crestc1325 iron hatc1330 testerc1386 helmet1470 cap1530 hood-skull1537 headpiecea1555 caska1586 mazer1605 casque1696 head cover1839 a1586 Sir P. Sidney Arcadia (1590) iii. xxviii. sig. Zz7 A strong caske..wherwith he couerd his head. 1598 R. Barret Theorike & Pract. Mod. Warres v. 142 A strong cask with his open visier. a1649 W. Drummond Hist. James V in Wks. (1711) 105 Their Casks, Corslets and Vantbraces. 1696 E. Phillips New World of Words (new ed.) Casque, a helmet. 1716 J. Gay Trivia iii. 77 The Fire-man sweats beneath his crooked Arms, A leathern Casque his vent'rous Head defends. 1791 W. Cowper tr. Homer Iliad in Iliad & Odyssey I. iii. 375 They shook them in a brazen casque. 1842 Ld. Tennyson Sir Galahad i, in Poems (new ed.) II. 174 My good blade carves the casques of men. 1877 Daily News 24 Dec. 5/4 The mitre-like casques of the Pauloff Guard regiment. 2. transferred. a. Botany. The upper lip of the corolla of certain Labiatæ; also the upper division of the perigone of orchids. ΘΚΠ the world > plants > part of plant > reproductive part(s) > flower or part containing reproductive organs > [noun] > parts of > galea, upper lip, or hood of corolla or calyx casque1785 vizardc1789 helmet1793 hood1821 1785 T. Martyn tr. J.-J. Rousseau Lett. Elements Bot. iv. 46 The casque or upper lip arched in order to cover the rest of the flower. b. Zoology. A helmet-like structure, as in the cassowary, the toucans. ΘΚΠ the world > animals > birds > parts of or bird defined by > [noun] > head > appendage on comba1000 casque1790 rose comb1815 flesh-bunch1841 1790 R. Bland in Med. Communications 2 456 A very small part of the bony casque. 1871 C. Darwin Descent of Man II. xiii. 72 In Buceros corrugatus, the whole beak and immense casque are coloured more conspicuously in the male. †3. (See quot. 1753.) ΚΠ 1753 Chambers's Cycl. Suppl. Casque, in natural history, a name given to a kind of murex, called the helmet-shell. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1888; most recently modified version published online December 2021). < n.a1586
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