mid-15c., "small box for jewels, etc.," possibly a diminutive of English cask with -et, or from a corruption of Middle French casset (see cassette). Meaning "coffin" is American En [..]

is a rigid container designed for the encasement of human remains and customarily constructed of wood or metal, ornamented and lined with fabric.

a small chest for jewels

(n) box in which a corpse is buried or cremated(n) small and often ornate box for holding jewels or other valuables(v) enclose in a casket

, Coffin

A receptacle of wood, metal, plastic or cardboard into which the dead pet’s body is placed for burial or cremation (see also Coffin

or Burial Case

A container designed for human remains, usually constructed of wood, metal, fiberglass, plastic. It is often ornamented and lined with fabric.

1. A box for jewellery 2. A container

A little box, e.g. for jewellery. * 1826, Mary Shelley, The Last Man, part 1, chapter 5 *: They will be here at five, take merely the clothes necessary for the journey and her jewel-casket. An u [..]