— casklike , adj.
/kask, kahsk/ , n.
1. a container made and shaped like a barrel, esp. one larger and stronger, for holding liquids.
2. the quantity such a container holds: wine at 32 guineas a cask.
v.t.
3. to place or store in a cask.
[ 1425-75; late ME; back formation from CASKET, the -et being taken as the dim. suffix ]