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Definition of Casques

Casque
Casque Casque, n. [F. casque, fr. Sp. casco See Cask.] A piece of defensive or ornamental armor (with or without a vizor) for the head and neck; a helmet. His casque overshadowed with brilliant plumes. --Prescott.

Meaning of Casques from wikipedia

- Look up casque in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. Casque is a French word for helmet. It can refer to: Casque (anatomy), an enlargement on the beaks of...
- size of the casque accurately predicts the bite strength of the individual. The casques form an attachment point for musculature; bigger casques have a larger...
- Males fight over territory on the wing, ramming each other with their casques. Such encounters are called aerial jousting. Females accompany males during...
- Casque and Gauntlet (also known as C&G and the Casque and Gauntler Senior Society) is the second-oldest senior society at Dartmouth College in Hanover...
- Casque d'Or (lit. "Golden Helmet"; released in the U.S. as Golden Marie) is a 1952 French historical-drama film directed by Jacques Becker. It is a Belle...
- The Captive Dreamer (French: Le Rêveur casqué, lit. 'The Helmeted Dreamer'), also published in English as Ashes of Honour, is a 1972 memoir written by...
- Borneo. Many hornbill species have "casques", decorative growths on the upper mandible of the bill. In most, the casque has a spongy structure, but in the...
- with Asia. Most species' casques are very light, containing much airspace. However, the helmeted hornbill has a solid casque made of a material called...
- Placer County. Le Casque Wines was founded in 2006 by the Stevenson family in Loomis, California. The first release of Le Casques wines was in 2008....
- attempted to provide tribes with feathers from captive hornbills and ceramic casques to substitute for natural ones. Very few hornbills are held in captivity...