CASK


Meaning of CASK in English

/ kɑːsk; NAmE kæsk/ noun

a small wooden barrel used for storing liquids, especially alcoholic drinks; the amount contained in a cask :

a wine cask / a cask of wine

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WORD ORIGIN

early 16th cent.: from French casque or Spanish casco helmet. The current senses appear only in English; from the late 16th to the late 18th centuries the word also denoted a helmet.

Oxford Advanced Learner's English Dictionary.      Оксфордский английский словарь для изучающик язык на продвинутом уровне.