casket

noun, verb — 5 senses

casket

noun

UK /ˈkæs.kɪt/ · US /ˈkæs.kɪt/

Etymology Probably from Norman cassette. Possibly reformed by analogy with cask, thus analyzable as cask + -et. Doublet of cassette.

1

A little box, e.g. for jewellery.

They will be here at five, take merely the clothes necessary for the journey and her jewel-casket. The Hunt for the Red Casked1826, [Mary Shelley], chapter V, in The Last Man. […], volume I, London: Henry Colburn, […], →OCLC:

2

UK An urn.

3

Canada, US A coffin.

4

Nautical, Transport A gasket.

Derived terms: casketful, casketless, casket magazine, encasket, recasket, closed casket

casket

verb

Etymology Probably from Norman cassette. Possibly reformed by analogy with cask, thus analyzable as cask + -et. Doublet of cassette.

1

Poetic To put into, or preserve in, a casket.

I have […] casketed my treasure.c. 1604–1605 (date written), William Shakespeare, “All’s Well, that Ends Well”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies […] (First Folio), London: […] Isaac Iaggard, and Ed[ward] Blount, published 1623, →OCLC, [Act II, scene v]:

Related terms: cask

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