casket

/ˈkæs.kɪt/

KÆS · kɪt (2 syllables)

English Noun Top 11,661

Definition

A little box, e.g. for jewellery.

Probably from Norman cassette. Possibly reformed by analogy with cask, thus analyzable as cask + -et. Doublet of cassette.

"They will be here at five, take merely the clothes necessary for the journey and her jewel-casket. The Hunt for the Red Casked"