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• present participle of case.

casing

American  

[kay-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

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Etymology

Origin of casing

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

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Example Sentences

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casing casings

It could also be training guards to spot suspicious people who may be casing a museum and ask them if they need help, which may deter them from returning.

From BBC ● Sep. 12, 2026

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

Huang said the breakthrough came when firefighters were able strip the outer casing of the tank to allow for better cooling.

From Los Angeles Times ● May 25, 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

When parts of my face casing broke off, why didn’t she arrange for repairs?

From "The School for Whatnots" by Margaret Peterson Haddix

The words, “deny,” “delay,” and “depose” were written on the side of some of the shell casings found at the scene, according to a complaint.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 14, 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

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

From BBC ● Feb. 2, 2026

A local prosecutor said Friday federal investigations had taken Good's car and the shell casings.

From Barron's ● Jan. 9, 2026

I chipped casings off bronze castings, washed glassware, and ground ore for alloys.

From "The Name of the Wind" by Patrick Rothfuss

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