Casque
Casque is a French word for helmet. It can refer to: * Casque (anatomy), an enlargement on the beaks of some species of birds, including many hornbills *Hornbill ivory, the casque of the helmeted hornbill, collected as a decorative material * S. C. H. "Sammy" Davis (1887–1981), a motor-racing journalist who used the pen name ''Casque'' * ''Casque''-class destroyer, French Navy ships built between 1910 and 1912 See also * Casque and Gauntlet, a senior society at Dartmouth College * Cask (other) * Kask (other) * CASC (other) * KASC (other) KASC may refer to: * KASC-LP, a defunct low-power television station (channel 7) formerly licensed to serve Atascadero, California, United States * KASC (AM), a radio station (1330 AM) at Arizona State University * King Abdullah Sports City See ...

Casque (anatomy)
A casque is an anatomical feature found in some species of birds, reptiles, and amphibians. In birds, it is an enlargement of the bones of the or the skull, either on the front of the face, or the top of the head, or both. The casque has been hypothesized to serve as a visual cue to a bird's sex, state of maturity, or social status; as reinforcement to the beak's structure; or as a resonance chamber, enhancing calls. In addition, they may be used in combat with other members of the same species, in the gathering of food, or in thermoregulation. Birds Structure Casques are found in a number of species, including most hornbills, all cassowaries, the maleo, the horned guan, the helmeted guineafowl and several species of curassow. In most of these species, the casque is a bony extension of the or skull, covered with a cornified layer of skin. However, in cassowaries, a foamy, elastic layer of collagen sits between the bone and the skin. Hornbill casques grow from an area of vasc ...
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Casque And Gauntlet
Casque and Gauntlet (also known as C&G) is the second-oldest of the twelve senior societies at Dartmouth College. C&G was founded in 1886, just after the Sphinx, and moved to its current location at 1 South Main Street in 1893. The house was built in 1823 by Samuel Alden, and in 1915 the society installed a rear addition designed by Paterson, New Jersey architect Fred Wesley Wentworth, a founding member. The house is the oldest and longest-occupied building of any society at Dartmouth. C&G membership is co-ed and anonymous. Members of C&G nominate and select tappees as a group. Tapping takes place at a time the College coordinates with the other senior societies, usually around Winter Carnival. Following coeducation at Dartmouth in 1972, the class of 1979 delegation voted unanimously to nominate women for membership. The first six women members of C&G joined the class of 1980 delegation. While C&G's membership is not secret, some elements of the society are kept secret, ...
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Casque-class Destroyer
The ''Bouclier'' class consisted of twelve destroyers built between 1910 and 1912 for the French Navy, four of which were lost during the First World War. Design and description The ''Bouclier''-class was nearly double the size of the preceding destroyers to match the increase in size of foreign destroyers. The French Navy issued a general specification that required oil-fired boilers, steam turbine propulsion and a uniform armament that allowed individual shipyards the freedom to design their ships as they saw fit. This allowed for some variations in size (from in length) and machinery ( and had three shafts, all the others had two, while ''Casque'' has three funnels, all the rest had four).Gardiner & Gray, p. 203 ''Bouclier'' was the shortest ship with an overall length of 72.32 meters and her sister ships ranged in length from . All of the ships had beams of and drafts of . ''Bouclier'' and her sister had the lightest displacements at ; the others displaced at norma ...
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Cask (other)
A cask is a type of wooden container. Cask or CASK may also refer to: * CASK, a gene * ''The Cask'', 1920 novel by Freeman Wills Crofts People * Cask, a name; notable people with the name include: ** Jason Cask (born 1971), Australian tennis player ** Cask J. Thomson, Scottish musician and author See also * Kask (other) * Casque (other) * CASC (other) * KASC (other) KASC may refer to: * KASC-LP, a defunct low-power television station (channel 7) formerly licensed to serve Atascadero, California, United States * KASC (AM), a radio station (1330 AM) at Arizona State University * King Abdullah Sports City See ...

CASC (other)
CASC or Casc may refer to: * CADE ATP System Competition * California Association of Student Councils * Cambodian Acid Survivors Charity * Canadian Army Service Corps, redesignated as the Royal Canadian Army Service Corps The Royal Canadian Army Service Corps (RCASC) was an administrative and transport corps of the Canadian Army. The Canadian Army Service Corps was established in the Non-Permanent Active Militia in 1901 and in the Permanent Active Militia in 1903. ... * Canadian Automobile Sport Clubs * Cardington Artificial Slalom Course * Carl Albert State College * Centre for Advanced Structural Ceramics * Certificate Authority Security Council * China Aerospace Science and Technology Corporation * China Aviation Supplies Import and Export Group Corporation, also known as CASC Group * Community amateur sports club - a UK tax status * Corps Area Service Command - a parts of the Corps area organization of the U.S. army from 1920-1942 See also

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Helmet
A helmet is a form of protective gear worn to protect the head. More specifically, a helmet complements the skull in protecting the human brain. Ceremonial or symbolic helmets (e.g., a policeman's helmet in the United Kingdom) without protective function are sometimes worn. Soldiers wear combat helmets, often made from Kevlar or other lightweight synthetic fibers. The word ''helmet'' is derived from ''helm'', an Old English word for a protective head covering. Helmets are used for recreational activities and sports (e.g., jockeys in horse racing, American football, ice hockey, cricket, baseball, camogie, hurling and rock climbing); dangerous work activities such as construction, mining, riot police, military aviation, and in transportation (e.g. motorcycle helmets and bicycle helmets). Since the 1990s, most helmets are made from resin or plastic, which may be reinforced with fibers such as aramids. Designs Some British gamekeepers during the 18th and 19th centuries wore he ...
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Hornbill Ivory
Hornbill ivory (also called "golden jade" or ''calao ivoire'' in French) is a precious ornamental material derived from the helmeted hornbill (''Buceros vigil''), a large bird of the Malay Peninsula, Sumatra, and Borneo. Many hornbill species have "casques", decorative growths on the upper mandible of the bill. In most, the casque has a spongy structure, but in the helmeted hornbill it is solid keratin. This material, hornbill ivory, has a texture suggesting ivory but is softer. As it grows it is golden yellow, but the bird rubs its casque on its preen gland, whose oily secretion tints the surface of the casque bright red. Native peoples in the helmeted hornbill's range, such as the Kenyah and Kelabit, have long carved the casques. In Malaysia, hornbill-ivory rings were said to change colour when near poisonous food. The Chinese encountered the material in the 14th century and it soon became an important trade item at Brunei. According to Tom Harrisson, writing in the first (1960 ...
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Kask (other)
Kask or KASK may refer to: *Kask (surname) *Kask, Kerman, a village in Kerman Province, Iran *Kask, Zanjan, a village in Zanjan Province, Iran * Asta Kask, a punk band from Töreboda, Sweden *KASK, an American radio station See also * Cask (other) * KASC (other) * Karsk Karsk (also called Kask) is a Swedish and Norwegian cocktail (from the Trøndelag region) containing coffee together with moonshine and sometimes a spoon of sugar (enthusiasts often consider moonshine exclusively to be appropriate as an added ...