casing
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English
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈkeɪsɪŋ/
Audio (General American): (file) - Rhymes: -eɪsɪŋ
Noun
casing (plural casings)
- That which encloses or encases.
- Some people like to split the casing of a sausage before cooking so it doesn’t burst.
- 1922, E R Eddison, The Worm Ouroboros: A Romance, London: Jonathan Cape , →OCLC, page 8:
- 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.
- 1955 February, E. J. Tyler and J. Quanjer, “The Steam Locomotive in Holland 1919-1954”, in Railway Magazine, page 129:
- 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.
- (architecture) The decorative trim around a door or window.
- (oil industry) A metal pipe used to line the borehole of a well.
- (uncountable, computing) 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.
- dated, Appalachean English: a tire.
Derived terms
Translations
that which encloses or encases
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Verb
casing
- present participle and gerund of case