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casing

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noun

  1. a case or covering; housing.
  2. material for a case or covering.
  3. the framework around a door or window.
  4. the outermost covering of an automobile tire.
  5. any frame or framework.
  6. a steel pipe or tubing, especially as used in oil and gas wells.
  7. a layer of glass that has been fused to an underlying layer of glass of a different color or of different properties.
  8. the thin, tubular membrane of the intestines of sheep, cattle, or hogs, or a synthetic facsimile, for encasing processed meat in making sausages, salamis, etc.
  9. Nautical. the walls surrounding a funnel.
  10. a channel created in a garment or other article to carry a drawstring or elastic, as by sewing a strip of cloth to the basic material with two parallel rows of stitches.


casing

/ ˈɪɪŋ /

noun

  1. a protective case or cover
  2. material for a case or cover
  3. Also calledcase a frame containing a door, window, or staircase
  4. the intestines of cattle, pigs, etc, or a synthetic substitute, used as a container for sausage meat
  5. the outer cover of a pneumatic tyre
  6. a pipe or tube used to line a hole or shaft
  7. the outer shell of a steam or gas turbine
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Other 51Թ Forms

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51Թ History and Origins

Origin of casing1

First recorded in 1565–75; case 2 + -ing 1
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They were also captured on video driving past the property, which prosecutors said suggested they were casing the location.

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Within seconds of forcing their way through the front door, they shattered glass casings housing 14th Century Chinese Ming Dynasty antiques.

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Kelly's and Louis Ahearne's DNA was found on a rear garden fence panel close to where five spent bullet casings from the Glock were discovered, the court was told.

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He’d been shot in the face with a revolver that left no shell casings.

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Today's fibre optic cables already have metal casings folded and welded shut around the fibres, he says.

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