On top of the head is a "casque" - a helmet-like growth of tough skin. From Wordnik.com. [KUSA-TV -] Reference
A kind of casque of cedar bark, leather, and bear grass, sufficient to protect the head from an arrow or war club. From Wordnik.com. [Astoria, or, anecdotes of an enterprise beyond the Rocky Mountains] Reference
From the casque to the cushion, but commanding peace. From Wordnik.com. [The Tragedy of Coriolanus] Reference
He lifted his casque a trifle and scratched his neck. From Wordnik.com. [The Weird of the White Wolf]
And loosed the shatter'd casque, and chafed his hands. From Wordnik.com. [Famous Tales of Fact and Fancy Myths and Legends of the Nations of the World Retold for Boys and Girls] Reference
Gilbert raised the gage and fastened it in his casque. From Wordnik.com. [The Truce of God A Tale of the Eleventh Century] Reference
And loosed the shattered casque, and chafed his hands. From Wordnik.com. [Idylls of the King] Reference
Another casque was brought to him by his trembling squire. From Wordnik.com. [A Legend of the Rhine] Reference
Curved, soft, shining, it covered her like a silver casque. From Wordnik.com. [Passers By] Reference
En fait c parce qu'elle avait le casque sur les oreilles. From Wordnik.com. [pinku-tk Diary Entry] Reference
His four-plum'd glittering casque of gold, so admirably vast. From Wordnik.com. [Museum of Antiquity A Description of Ancient Life] Reference
The coif can treat better with the cowl than the casque can do. From Wordnik.com. [Anne of Geierstein] Reference
And from beneath the leather casque that guards the Fireman's brow. From Wordnik.com. [Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine — Volume 55, No. 339, January, 1844] Reference
This casque was impenetrable, no doubt; but had Hector really worn it?. From Wordnik.com. [A Philosophical Dictionary] Reference
Blade and casque shivered together and Gromel rolled lifeless on the floor. From Wordnik.com. [Wings in the Night]
Adrian could see her face grow deadly pale below the casque of her close hat. From Wordnik.com. [Maid in Waiting] Reference
Hohenstaufen's strength was not to be babied by steel casque or bars of proof. From Wordnik.com. [The Truce of God A Tale of the Eleventh Century] Reference
It represented the Cardinal-Generalissimo wearing a casque surrounded by laurels. From Wordnik.com. [The French Immortals Series — Complete] Reference
A possible acoustic function for the casque structure in hornbills (Bucerotidae). From Wordnik.com. [Bucorvids: post-Cretaceous maniraptorans on the savannah] Reference
The soldier who had called down from the wall appeared with his casque beneath his arm. From Wordnik.com. [Conan The Triumphant]
After capturing the basin Don Quixote proceeded to wear it in place of his steel casque. From Wordnik.com. [A Treasury of Heroes and Heroines A Record of High Endeavour and Strange Adventure from 500 B.C. to 1920 A.D.] Reference
You might believe yourself under the enormous casque of some Circassian or Tartar giant. From Wordnik.com. [Russia As Seen and Described by Famous Writers] Reference
Efraim saw a handsome distinguished face, framed by a casque of shining silver ringlets. From Wordnik.com. [Marune: Alastor 933]
Having opened his father's casque, he was rejoiced to see him give symptoms of reanimation. From Wordnik.com. [The Mirror of Literature, Amusement, and Instruction Volume 13, No. 373, Supplementary Number] Reference
Meanwhile Iring of Denmark stood in the breeze; he cooled his harness and doffed his casque. From Wordnik.com. [The Nibelungenlied] Reference
Did she mean to shame him by saying that she, a weak woman, would don the casque and breastplate?. From Wordnik.com. [The Virginians] Reference
Taking his lyre and casque Orpheus promises obedience and with renewed hope sallies forth on his mission. From Wordnik.com. [The Standard Operaglass Detailed Plots of One Hundred and Fifty-one Celebrated Operas] Reference
His casque, too, had slipped completely over his face, so that he saw as little in front as he did in rear. From Wordnik.com. [Old Mortality] Reference
Sidney, with his last breath, reproached the soldier who brought him water, for wasting a casque full upon a dying man. From Wordnik.com. [The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 01, No. 01, November, 1857 A Magazine of Literature, Art, and Politics] Reference
Two pages were behind him; one carried his gauntlets, the other his casque, and the captain of his guards was at his side. From Wordnik.com. [The French Immortals Series — Complete] Reference
Spadefoots and the northern casque-headed treefrogs have hardened areas, called spades, on their hind feet with which to dig. From Wordnik.com. [Adaptations of desert amphibians and reptiles] Reference
The large contorted bows which she bore were as a grisly crest upon her casque, beautiful doubtless, but majestic and fear-compelling. From Wordnik.com. [The Last Chronicle of Barset] Reference
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