casket

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  1. noun A coffin.
  2. noun A small case or chest, as for jewels and other valuables.
  3. transitive verb To enclose in a case, chest, or coffin.

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  • "Et dona ferentes,", said Julian to me under his breath, as the casket was uncovered. —  F ;SF; - vol 097 issue 04-05 - October-November 1999
  • During Monsoor's funeral service, as the casket was taken from the hearse to the gravesite, fellow SEALs lined up in two columns to slap and embed the gold Tridents (a pin awarded for successful completion of SEAL Qualification Training) from their uniforms onto the top of Monsoor's coffin. —  HERE, THERE AND BACK AGAIN - A Townhall.com user blog
  • Hundreds of his fellow soldiers stood on the tarmac at Kandahar Airfield last night as his casket was carried onto a military aircraft. —  Top Stories - Google News
  • They had to be held by family and friends as the casket was carried outside the funeral home. —  Thestar.com - Home Page
  • Friends and relatives of Amandeep Dhillon weep as her casket is carried from Benisasia Funeral Home in Mississauga yesterday. —  Toronto Sun
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  1. Middle English, possibly alteration of Old French cassette; see cassette.

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  1. Formerly also casquet (cf. casket = casquet), from late Middle English casket, from Old French and F. cassette (= Provencal caisseta = Catalan capseta = Italian cassetta), a casket, coffer, chest, diminutive of casse, a chest, box, later English cash, and, earlier, English case: see cash, case.
  2. from casket, n.
 

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