CASSONE


Meaning of CASSONE in English

/keuh soh"nee/ ; It. /kahs saw"ne/ , n. , pl. cassoni /-nee/ .

a large Italian chest of the Middle Ages and Renaissance, usually highly ornamented.

[ 1880-85; cass ( a ) box (see CASE 2 ) + -one aug. suffix ]

Random House Webster's Unabridged English dictionary.      Полный английский словарь Вебстер - Random House .