casquete

Attested since the 15th century. Casco (“helmet”) +‎ -ete.

• IPA^(key): /kasˈkete̝/

casquete m (plural casquetes)

1. casque, helmet
   • 1474, A. López Ferreiro (ed.), Galicia Histórica. Colección diplomática. Santiago: Tipografía Galaica, page 74:

     preçaron hun casquete e hua espada e hun ferro de hua lança, aparte dos menores em dozentos e viinte maravedis

     they appraised a helmet and a sword and a spearhead, the minors' share, in two hundred and twenty maravedis

   Synonym: casco

2. ribbon or hood which keeps the fibre wrapped around the distaff
3. polar ice, polar icecap

   Synonym: casquete polar

• casco

• “casquete” in Xavier Varela Barreiro & Xavier Gómez Guinovart: Corpus Xelmírez - Corpus lingüístico da Galicia medieval. SLI / Grupo TALG / ILG, 2006-2016.
• “casquete” in Dicionario de Dicionarios da lingua galega, SLI - ILGA 2006-2013.
• “casquete” in Tesouro informatizado da lingua galega. Santiago: ILG.
• “casquete” in Álvarez, Rosario (coord.): Tesouro do léxico patrimonial galego e portugués, Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega.

• Hyphenation: cas‧que‧te
• Rhymes: -ɛt(ʃ)i

casquete m (plural casquetes)

1. one of several types of hoods, including one used in the military

From casco.

casquete m (plural casquetes)

1. hood
2. bowl
3. hairpiece, rug
4. helmet
5. polar ice, polar icecap
6. (Mexico) poultice, plaster, cataplas
7. (vulgar, Spain) sexual intercourse

• (polar ice): casquete polar

From French casse-tête.

casquete m (plural casquetes)

1. (Louisiana) axe