"casque" meaning in English

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Noun

IPA: /kɑːsk/ [UK], /kæsk/ [US] Audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-casque.wav Forms: casques [plural]
Etymology: Borrowed from French casque. Doublet of casco and cask. Etymology templates: {{bor|en|fr|casque}} French casque, {{doublet|en|casco|cask}} Doublet of casco and cask Head templates: {{en-noun}} casque (plural casques)
  1. A helmet. Categories (topical): Headwear Translations (visorless helmet): (kuī) (Chinese Mandarin), casco [masculine] (Galician), Helm [masculine] (German), Helm ohne Visier [masculine] (German), カスク (kasuku) (Japanese), 투구 (tugu) (Korean), откры́тый шлем (otkrýtyj šlem) [masculine] (Russian)
    Sense id: en-casque-en-noun-6er69J6K Disambiguation of Headwear: 54 46 Disambiguation of 'visorless helmet': 90 10
  2. A hard structure on the head of some birds, such as cassowaries, some hornbills and guineafowl, and some reptiles such as chameleons and basilisks. Categories (topical): Headwear
    Sense id: en-casque-en-noun-8gknOOjy Disambiguation of Headwear: 54 46 Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, Entries with translation boxes, Terms with Galician translations, Terms with German translations, Terms with Japanese translations, Terms with Korean translations, Terms with Mandarin translations, Terms with Russian translations Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 3 97 Disambiguation of Entries with translation boxes: 10 90 Disambiguation of Terms with Galician translations: 13 87 Disambiguation of Terms with German translations: 13 87 Disambiguation of Terms with Japanese translations: 10 90 Disambiguation of Terms with Korean translations: 13 87 Disambiguation of Terms with Mandarin translations: 12 88 Disambiguation of Terms with Russian translations: 10 90
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Derived forms: casqued, casqueless, uncasque

Inflected forms

Alternative forms

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          "text": "Helmeted Hornbill, Rhinoplax vigil (CR): Restricted to the Thai-Malay Peninsula, Sumatra and Borneo, this is the only hornbill species whose casque is solid keratin and therefore carvable.",
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      "word": "盔"
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