casque
part of speech
noun (a casque, casques)
meaning for a pupil
1) An old word for a helmet, especially a knight's or soldier's metal helmet. tree →
2) (animals) A hard bony or horny lump on the head or beak of some birds, such as the cassowary and the hornbill. tree →
sense in the lessons
It appears in history stories about knights and in nature lessons about birds. In a story it tells the reader that someone wears an old-fashioned metal helmet. In a nature book it describes the strange helmet-like crest on a cassowary's head or a hornbill's beak. It is a rare, rather old or technical word.
examples
- The knight lowered his shining casque before the joust. tree →
- The cassowary has a tall casque on top of its head. tree →
- Hornbills have a big casque on their beaks. tree →
- In the museum we saw a dented casque from a medieval battle. tree →
- Scientists think the cassowary's casque may help it with heat and sound. tree →
- The soldier's casque glinted in the sun. tree →
- The poem described a hero with a plumed casque. tree →
note
Countable: a casque, two casques. Say «kask» — it sounds like «cask» (a wooden barrel), a homophone, so read the sentence to know which one is meant. Everyday English uses «helmet» instead.
Trees and pragmatics
Every meaning and example of «casque» parsed by Mova, each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.