casing
casing Lexical Profile
casing Game Scores & Validity
• noun
A protective outer cover, shell, or housing that encloses an object, mechanism, or piece of equipment.
"The technician removed the plastic casing to inspect the damaged circuit board inside."
A cylindrical skin or tube made from natural animal intestine or synthetic material used to enclose the ground meat mixture of a sausage.
"Traditional bratwurst is stuffed into a natural pork casing before being grilled or poached."
The decorative wooden trim or molding installed around the perimeter of a door or window frame to cover the gap between the frame and the wall.
"The carpenter sanded and painted the oak window casing to match the baseboards."
A heavy steel pipe lowered into a drilled oil, gas, or water well to support the borehole walls and prevent contamination.
"Engineers cemented the steel casing into place to stabilize the deep wellbore."
• Rhymes for casing
Word Origin & Etymology
Formed in Middle English from the verb 'case' (meaning to enclose in a box or cover) plus the suffix '-ing', tracing back to Old Northern French 'casse' and Latin 'capsa' (box or receptacle).