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Vinony

cask

noun

  1. large, tightly fitted barrel-like container for liquids
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Wiktionary

Pronunciation: /kɑːsk/ / /kæsk/

noun

Etymology: From Middle French casque. Doublet of casco and casque.

  1. A large barrel for the storage of liquid, especially of alcoholic drinks. (See a diagram of cask sizes.)
  2. A casket; a small box for jewels.

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

  3. A brougham or other private carriage.
  4. Obsolete form of casque (“visorless helmet”).

verb

Etymology: From Middle French casque. Doublet of casco and casque.

  1. To put into a cask.