Explore Casque through 6 example sentences from English, with an explanation of the meaning and related words like helmet. Ideal for language learners, writers and word enthusiasts.
Casque meaning
- A helmet.
- A hard structure on the head of some birds, such as cassowaries, some hornbills and guineafowl, and some reptiles such as chameleons and basilisks.
- Synonym of galea.
Synonyms of Casque
Using Casque
- The main meaning on this page is: A helmet. | A hard structure on the head of some birds, such as cassowaries, some hornbills and guineafowl, and some reptiles such as chameleons and basilisks. | Synonym of galea.
- Useful related words include: helmet.
- In the example corpus, casque often appears in combinations such as: the casque, casque is.
Context around Casque
- Average sentence length in these examples: 28.5 words
- Position in the sentence: 1 start, 2 middle, 3 end
- Sentence types: 6 statements, 0 questions, 0 exclamations
Corpus analysis for Casque
- In this selection, "casque" usually appears near the end of the sentence. The average example has 28.5 words, and this corpus slice is mostly made up of statements.
- Around the word, lager, shaped, covered and may stand out and add context to how "casque" is used.
- Recognizable usage signals include a lager casque in top and helmet french casque. That gives this page its own corpus information beyond isolated example sentences.
- By corpus frequency, "casque" sits close to words such as aaaaa, aage and aardvarks, which helps place it inside the broader word index.
Example types with casque
The same corpus examples are grouped by length and sentence type, making it easier to see the contexts in which the word appears:
The casque is a lot less conspicuous than that of the Trumpeter Hornbill. (13 words)
Males and females are very similar, however the male has a lager casque in top of the bill. (18 words)
Harmer, S. F. & Shipley, A. E. (1899) Close-up of the head of a southern cassowary All three species have a keratinous skin covered casque on their heads which grows with age. (32 words)
Cassowaries eat fallen fruit and consequently spend much time under trees where seeds the size of golfballs or larger fall from heights of up to 30 m; the wedge-shaped casque may protect the head by deflecting falling fruit. (39 words)
The lexicon mostly comprises deformed or truncated Latinate stems (flam "fire" ← Latin flamma; lap "stone" ← Latin lapis; leg "to read" ← Latin legō), but other origins are also apparent (uis "wisdom" ← English wise; kas "helmet" ← French casque). (36 words)
Contrary to earlier findings, citation the hollow inside of the casque is spanned with fine fibres which are believed to have an acoustic function. citation Several functions of the casque have been proposed. (33 words)
Example sentences (6)
Contrary to earlier findings, citation the hollow inside of the casque is spanned with fine fibres which are believed to have an acoustic function. citation Several functions of the casque have been proposed.
Males and females are very similar, however the male has a lager casque in top of the bill.
The casque is a lot less conspicuous than that of the Trumpeter Hornbill.
Cassowaries eat fallen fruit and consequently spend much time under trees where seeds the size of golfballs or larger fall from heights of up to 30 m; the wedge-shaped casque may protect the head by deflecting falling fruit.
Harmer, S. F. & Shipley, A. E. (1899) Close-up of the head of a southern cassowary All three species have a keratinous skin covered casque on their heads which grows with age.
The lexicon mostly comprises deformed or truncated Latinate stems (flam "fire" ← Latin flamma; lap "stone" ← Latin lapis; leg "to read" ← Latin legō), but other origins are also apparent (uis "wisdom" ← English wise; kas "helmet" ← French casque).
Common combinations with casque
These word pairs occur most frequently in English texts:
- the casque 3×
- casque is 2×