casque
Americannoun
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an open, conical helmet with a nose guard, commonly used in the medieval period.
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any helmet-shaped head covering.
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Zoology. a process or formation on the head, resembling a helmet.
noun
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Etymology
Origin of casque
1570–80; < Middle French < Spanish casco helmet, head, earthen pot; akin to cascara
Example Sentences
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The market incentivizes the poachers—the beak of the helmeted hornbill in Indonesia, for example, with its red rubbery neck, remarkably expressive eyes, and prized casque that resembles ivory, can sell for thousands of dollars.
From Slate • Apr. 4, 2019
But it's the hornbill's helmet, or casque, that sits on top of its bill that is pushing it to the brink of survival.
From BBC • Oct. 3, 2016
The bird’s casque is used to hammer out insects from rotting wood, or to fight.
From The Guardian • Sep. 28, 2016
Does hornbill behaviour or ecology give us an insight as to which pressures contributed to casque evolution?
From Scientific American • Apr. 22, 2014
Monsieur Lebrenn, left alone in the chamber, contemplated the colonel's casque for a moment, and muttered to himself: "Truly, there are strange fatalities in this world."
From The Galley Slave's Ring or The Family of Lebrenn. A Tale of The French Revolution of 1848 by Sue, Eug?ne
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