casing en · NOUN
Pronunciation
- (General-American) audio
- /ˈkeɪsɪŋ/
Meanings
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That which encloses or encases.
It was expected that the whole of the "3700" and "3900" classes would be so treated, but it was found that the streamlined casing caused the engines to run hot on express work and they were relegated to goods trains; the casings were removed during the war.
1955 February, E. J. Tyler and J. Quanjer, “The Steam Locomotive in Holland 1919-1954”, in Railway Magazine, page 129:And, by your leave, for all the marvellous rich and sumptuous coat a weareth, he is very like a false jewel in a rich casing.
1922, E[ric] R[ücker] Eddison, The Worm Ouroboros: A Romance, London: Jonathan Cape […], →OCLC, page 8:Some people like to split the casing of a sausage before cooking so it doesn’t burst.
- The decorative trim around a door or window.
- (qualifier:oil industry) A metal pipe used to line the borehole of a well.
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(uncountable) The state of letter case across a whole phrase or whole lines of text; the collective state/arrangement of uppercase and lowercase letters.
The replacement string should have the same casing as the matched text.
- (Appalachia, dated) A tire.
Forms
| Spelling | Features | Labels | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| casings | Number=Plur | lexicographic |
Deriveds
casing bead · shell casing · casing string · casing hanger · sausage casing · casingless · subcasing · upcasing
Translations (24)
de Hülse (that which encloses or encases) · ca coberta (that which encloses or encases) · hu burkolat (that which encloses or encases) · it involucro (that which encloses or encases) · ro carcasă (that which encloses or encases) · ru оболо́чка (that which encloses or encases) · hu ház (that which encloses or encases) · de Hülle (that which encloses or encases) · ru кожу́х (that which encloses or encases) · bg обви́вка (that which encloses or encases) · fi kuori (that which encloses or encases) · ru опра́ва (that which encloses or encases) · de Gehäuse (that which encloses or encases) · bg опако́вка (that which encloses or encases) · de Verschalung (that which encloses or encases) · ja 筐体 (that which encloses or encases) · ru футля́р (that which encloses or encases) · fi kotelo (that which encloses or encases) · de Überzug (that which encloses or encases) · de Schale (that which encloses or encases) · pt invólucro (that which encloses or encases) · ga cásáil (that which encloses or encases) · ru обши́вка (that which encloses or encases) · de Ummantelung (that which encloses or encases)