casco

See also: Casco, cascó, and cascò

English

Etymology

Borrowed from Spanish casco. Doublet of cask and casque.

Noun

casco (plural cascos)

1. (nautical) A flat-bottomed, square-ended boat once used in the Philippines as a lighter to ferry goods between ship and shore

Anagrams

• Cocas, SACCO, cocas, socca

Catalan

Verb

casco

1. first-person singular present indicative of cascar

Dutch

Etymology

Borrowed from Spanish casco.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈkɑs.kɔː/

• Audio:

  (file)

• Hyphenation: cas‧co

Noun

casco n (uncountable, no diminutive)

1. shell of a building, car or ship

Galician

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈkasko/ [ˈkɑs̺.kʊ]
• Rhymes: -asko
• Hyphenation: cas‧co

Etymology 1

First attested in the 13th century. Back-formation from cascar.

Noun

casco m (plural cascos)

1. casque; helmet; skull

   Synonyms: capacete, helmo, chola, borguiñota, gocete, camal

   • 1295, R. Lorenzo, editor, La traducción gallega de la Crónica General y de la Crónica de Castilla, Ourense: I.E.O.P.F., page 639:

     en guisa que llj tallou o almofar da loriga cõ hũa muy grã peça do casco

     in such a way that he cut the mail aventail together with a large piece of the casque [or skull]

   • 1671, Gabriel Feijoo, Contenda dos labradores de Caldelas:

     eu quero mal à esta jente
     einos de por en talladas
     esfarelandoll'os cascos
     do corpo sacarll'as almas

     I wish ill these people
     I'll make slices of them
     crushing them helmets [or skulls]
     from them bodies I'll take out them souls

2. hard hat
3. (nautical) hulk; hull
4. shell; husk
5. hoof

   Synonym: pezuño

   • 1409, J. L. Pensado Tomé, editor, Tratado de Albeitaria, Santiago de Compostela: Centro Ramón Piñeiro, page 147:

     Quando o Cauallo ouver peeira deuen lle allinpar moy ben as huñas so as sollas do fondo do pee ataa que fique o casco moy sotil

     When the horse is ill in its foot they should clean the hooves, down under the sole of the feet, till the hoof is very subtle

6. empty bottle
7. bark of tree

   Synonyms: casca, cortiza, tona

8. bran

   Synonym: casulo

Derived terms

• casquete
• cascón

Related terms

• casca
• cascar

References

• Seoane, Ernesto Xosé González; Granja, María Álvarez de la; Agrelo, Ana Isabel Boullón (2006–2022), “casco”, in Dicionario de Dicionarios do galego medieval [Dictionary of dictionaries of Medieval Galician] (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
• “casco” in Xavier Varela Barreiro & Xavier Gómez Guinovart: Corpus Xelmírez - Corpus lingüístico da Galicia medieval. SLI / Grupo TALG / ILG, 2006-2016.
• Antón Luís Santamarina Fernández, editor (2006–2013), “casco”, in Dicionario de Dicionarios da lingua galega [Dictionary of Dictionaries of the Galician language] (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
• Antón Luís Santamarina Fernández, Ernesto Xosé González Seoane, María Álvarez de la Granja, editors (2003–2018), “casco”, in Tesouro informatizado da lingua galega (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
• Rosario Álvarez Blanco, editor (2014–2024), “casco”, in Tesouro do léxico patrimonial galego e portugués (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega, →ISSN

Etymology 2

Verb

casco

1. first-person singular present indicative of cascar