Carcass or Carcase (both pronounced ) may refer to:
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Dressed carcass, the body of a livestock animal ready for butchery, after removal of skin, visceral organs, head, feet etc.
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Carrion, the decaying dead body of an animal or human being
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structural system or frame of a structure, especially one not normally seen
*Carcass saw, a type of
backsaw
A backsaw is any hand saw which has a stiffening rib on the edge opposite the cutting edge, enabling better control and more precise cutting than with other types of saws. Backsaws are normally used in woodworking for precise work, such as cutt ...
Arts and entertainment
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Carcass (band)
Carcass are an English extreme metal band from Liverpool, formed in 1985. The band have gone through several line-up changes, leaving guitarist Bill Steer and bassist-vocalist Jeff Walker as the only constant members. They broke up in 1996, b ...
, a British extreme metal band
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Carcass (G.I. Joe), a fictional character
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Have His Carcase
''Have His Carcase'' is a 1932 locked-room mystery by Dorothy L. Sayers, her seventh novel featuring Lord Peter Wimsey and the second in which Harriet Vane appears.
Plot
During a hiking holiday on the South West coast of England, the detec ...
, a British crime novel
Military
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Carcass (projectile)
A carcass was an early form of incendiary bomb or shell, intended to set targets on fire. It comprised an external casing, usually of cast iron, filled with a highly flammable mixture, and having three to five holes through which the burning fill ...
, a type of incendiary ammunition designed to be fired from a cannon
*, three ships of the Royal Navy
*Carcass, in the US Navy, a repairable component that is
Depot Level Repairable (DLR), but Not Ready-For-Issue (NRFI)
Places
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Carcass Island, one of the Falkland Islands
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Krkavče, a village in Slovenia
See also
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Cadaver (disambiguation)
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Carrion (disambiguation)
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Corpse (disambiguation)
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