cask
Etymology

From Middle French casque.

Pronunciation
  • (RP) IPA: /kɑːsk/
  • (America) IPA: /kæsk/
Noun

cask (plural casks)

  1. A large barrel for the storage of liquid, especially of alcoholic drinks. (See a diagram of cask sizes.)
    Hyponyms: tun (1), pipe (½), butt (½), puncheon (⅓), tertian (⅓), hogshead (¼), tierce (⅙), barrel (⅛), rundlet (⅟₁₄)
  2. (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.
  3. (archaic, slang) A brougham or other private carriage.
  4. Obsolete form of casque
Translations Verb

cask (casks, present participle casking; simple past and past participle casked)

  1. To put into a cask.
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