cask

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Pronunciation

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

Noun

cask (plural casks)

1. A large barrel for the storage of liquid, especially of alcoholic drinks.
2. (obsolete) A casket; a small box for jewels.
   • 1593, William Shakespeare, Henry VI, Part 2, III. ii. 409:

     A jewel, locked into the woefullest cask / That ever did contain a thing of worth.

3. Obsolete form of casque#English|casque (“visorless helmet”).

Translations

• French: tonneau, fût, barrique
• German: Fass
• Italian: botte
• Portuguese: barril, casco
• Russian: бо́чка
• Spanish: cuba, tonel

Verb

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

1. To put into a cask.

Related terms

• quash

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