Casing
['keɪsɪŋ] or ['kesɪŋ]
Definition
(noun.) the enclosing frame around a door or window opening; 'the casings had rotted away and had to be replaced'.
(noun.) the outermost covering of a pneumatic tire.
Typed by Aldo--From WordNet
Definition
(p. pr. & vb. n.) of Case
(p. pr. & vb. n.) of Cash
(n.) The act or process of inclosing in, or covering with, a case or thin substance, as plaster, boards, etc.
(n.) An outside covering, for protection or ornament, or to precent the radiation of heat.
(n.) An inclosing frame; esp. the framework around a door or a window. See Case, n., 4.
Inputed by Cecile
Examples
- The central dots in the section are the conducting wires round which are the gutta percha and hemp, and the outer rim represents the iron wire casing. Frederick C. Bakewell. Great Facts.
- Before the ancestor of the sea scorpion could survive being left by the tide it had to develop its casing and armour. H. G. Wells. The Outline of History_Being a Plain History of Life and Mankind.
- The bullet striking the wooden casing of the window exploded, blowing a hole completely through the wood and masonry. Edgar Rice Burroughs. A Princess of Mars.
- Centrifugal pump with part of the casing] cut away to show the wheel. Bertha M. Clark. General Science.
- Each consists of a ring of fixed steam guides on the casing, and a ring of moving blades on the shaft. Edward W. Byrn. The Progress of Invention in the Nineteenth Century.
- The fire box was surrounded by an exterior casing that formed a water jacket, which, by means of pipes, was in open communication with the water space of the boiler. Edward W. Byrn. The Progress of Invention in the Nineteenth Century.
- For siding, sheathing, sub-flooring, shingles, window casings and frames, redwood is much used, because of its resistance to decay, both from contact with moisture or dry rot. Various. The Wonder Book of Knowledge.
- A diagrammatic sketch of this remarkable machine is shown in Fig. 5, which shows a front elevation with the casings, hopper, etc. Frank Lewis Dyer. Edison, His Life and Inventions.
- The intestines are stripped and cleaned for sausage casings. Edward W. Byrn. The Progress of Invention in the Nineteenth Century.
- It had two casings, an inner and outer one, including the door, and the interspace was filled in with charcoal, or wood, and treated with a solution of alkaline salt. William Henry Doolittle. Inventions in the Century.
- This originally consisted of an internal tube of wrought iron or gun metal, with cylindrical casings of wrought iron shrunk on. Edward W. Byrn. The Progress of Invention in the Nineteenth Century.
Typist: Wolfgang