casking

cask

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Definitions of casking word

noun casking a container made and shaped like a barrel, especially one larger and stronger, for holding liquids. 1
noun casking the quantity such a container holds: wine at 32 guineas a cask. 1
verb with object casking to place or store in a cask. 1
verb casking present participle of cask. 0

before 1425

One of the 25% oldest English words

1425-75; late Middle English; back formation from casket, the -et being taken as the diminutive suffix

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A common word. It’s meaning is known to most children of preschool age. About 92% of English native speakers know the meaning and use the word.

Most Europeans know this English word. The frequency of it’s usage is somewhere between "mom" and "screwdriver".

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