cask
English edit
Etymology edit
From Middle French casque. Doublet of casco and casque.
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
cask (plural casks)
- A large barrel for the storage of liquid, especially of alcoholic drinks.
- (obsolete) A casket; a small box for jewels.
- 1591 (date written), William Shakespeare, “The Second Part of Henry the Sixt, […]”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies. […] (First Folio), London: […] Isaac Iaggard, and Ed[ward] Blount, published 1623, →OCLC, [Act III, scene ii], line 409:
- A jewel, locked into the woefullest cask / That ever did contain a thing of worth.
- (archaic, slang) A brougham or other private carriage.
- Obsolete form of casque (“visorless helmet”).
Derived terms edit
Translations edit
a large barrel for the storage of liquid
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References edit
- (carriage): John Camden Hotten (1873) The Slang Dictionary
Verb edit
cask (third-person singular simple present casks, present participle casking, simple past and past participle casked)
- To put into a cask.