casket

Etymology

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

noun

  1. A little box, e.g. for jewellery.
    The Hunt for the Red Casked
  2. (Britain) An urn.
  3. (Canada, US) A coffin.
  4. (nautical) A gasket.

verb

  1. (poetic, transitive) To put into, or preserve in, a casket.

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