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Definition of: casque
(kask) noun
1. Any piece of armor to cover the head.
2. A helmet.
3. A helmet-like protuberance, as the bony crest of a cassowary or the horny process of a hornbill. ◆ Homophone: cask. [<F, ult. <L quassare. Related to CASK.]
—casqued (kaskt) adjective
Surmounted by a crest.
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