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• present participle of case.

casing

American  

[key-sing] / ˈkeɪ sɪŋ /

noun

• casings
  plural

1. a case or covering; housing.

2. material for a case or covering.

3. the framework around a door or window.

4. the outermost covering of an automobile tire.

5. any frame or framework.

6. a steel pipe or tubing, especially as used in oil and gas wells.

7. a layer of glass that has been fused to an underlying layer of glass of a different color or of different properties.

8. the thin, tubular membrane of the intestines of sheep, cattle, or hogs, or a synthetic facsimile, for encasing processed meat in making sausages, salamis, etc.

9. Nautical. the walls surrounding a funnel.

10. a channel created in a garment or other article to carry a drawstring or elastic, as by sewing a strip of cloth to the basic material with two parallel rows of stitches.

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casing British  

/ ˈkeɪsɪŋ /

noun

1. a protective case or cover

2. material for a case or cover

3. Also called: case.  a frame containing a door, window, or staircase

4. the intestines of cattle, pigs, etc, or a synthetic substitute, used as a container for sausage meat

5. the outer cover of a pneumatic tyre

6. a pipe or tube used to line a hole or shaft

7. the outer shell of a steam or gas turbine

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Other Word Forms

Derived Forms

• undercasing
  noun

Inflected Forms

Nouns

• casings
  plural

Etymology

Origin of casing

First recorded in 1565–75; case ² + -ing ¹

Example Sentences

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casing casings

Mason, who found a bullet casing from the incident in her front yard, called it a consequence of letting the property sit empty for so long.

From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 5, 2026

Police stopped, questioned and frisked those suspected of carrying weapons or casing a business, dissuading the ill-intentioned from packing guns while reducing shootings.

From The Wall Street Journal ● May 8, 2026

The US justice department says the video also shows Allen "casing the area" at the hotel, on the day before the dinner was held in a basement ballroom there.

From BBC ● Apr. 30, 2026

Police found a damaged wing mirror casing on the road and traced the serial number to Clarke-Samuel's vehicle.

From BBC ● Mar. 3, 2026

Then he looked into her bedroom and saw her lying on the bed covered with the ermine cape, more beautiful than ever and with her skin turned into an ivory casing.

From "One Hundred Years of Solitude" by Gabriel Garcia Marquez

On Thursday, law enforcement searched Proper’s house in Ohio and found a large quantity of boxes of spent ammunition, rounds of spent cartridge casings and tactical clothing.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 16, 2026

In the 1990s, the agency started sharing with local law enforcement agencies its National Integrated Ballistic Information Network, which collects the unique marks on bullet casings found at shooting scenes.

From Salon ● Jun. 2, 2026

A long gun and shell casings were found on the scene, FBI Director Kash Patel said, adding that the agency was carrying out witness interviews as part of its probe.

From Barron's ● Apr. 26, 2026

They are now ubiquitous in our everyday lives, used for example in school uniforms, medication casings and hydrogen production.

From BBC ● Feb. 2, 2026

There were two windows—a large one at the front and a smaller one at the back in the only bedroom—both covered by plastic sheets held in place with tape, the wood casings warped and splintered.

From "The Book of Unknown Americans" by Cristina Henríquez

Related Words

• skin
• wrapper