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# casque

noun (a casque, casques)

«casque» in the English dictionary: everyday — its meanings, how the lessons use it, and examples, each with its tree on Mova.

## Everyday

1. An old word for a helmet, especially a knight's or soldier's metal helmet. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/casque/#m1)
2. (animals) A hard bony or horny lump on the head or beak of some birds, such as the cassowary and the hornbill. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/casque/#m2)

### In the lessons

It appears in history stories about knights and in nature lessons about birds. In a story it tells the reader that someone wears an old-fashioned metal helmet. In a nature book it describes the strange helmet-like crest on a cassowary's head or a hornbill's beak. It is a rare, rather old or technical word.

### Examples

- The knight lowered his shining casque before the joust. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/casque/#x1)
- The cassowary has a tall casque on top of its head. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/casque/#x2)
- Hornbills have a big casque on their beaks. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/casque/#x3)
- In the museum we saw a dented casque from a medieval battle. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/casque/#x4)
- Scientists think the cassowary's casque may help it with heat and sound. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/casque/#x5)
- The soldier's casque glinted in the sun. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/casque/#x6)
- The poem described a hero with a plumed casque. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/casque/#x7)

### Note

Countable: a casque, two casques. Say «kask» — it sounds like «cask» (a wooden barrel), a homophone, so read the sentence to know which one is meant. Everyday English uses «helmet» instead.

## On Mova

- [Trees and pragmatics of «casque» in the school dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/casque/): every meaning and example parsed by Mova, with its dependency tree and frames.
- [«casque» in the school dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/school/w/casque.html) on Mova free.