CASKET


Meaning of CASKET in English

n.1 a small often ornamental box or chest for jewels, letters, etc.

2 a a small wooden box for cremated ashes. b US a coffin, esp. a rectangular one.

Etymology: perh. f. AF form of OF cassette f. It. cassetta dimin. of cassa f. L capsa CASE(2)

Oxford English vocab.      Оксфордский английский словарь.