casing
/ˈkeɪsɪŋ/ noun
Also a form of case
Forms casings
- noun That which encloses or encases. “Some people like to split the casing of a sausage before cooking so it doesn’t burst.”
- noun (architecture) The decorative trim around a door or window.
- noun (oil industry) A metal pipe used to line the borehole of a well.
- noun (uncountable, computing) The state of letter case across a whole phrase or whole lines of text; the collective state/arrangement of uppercase and lowercase letters. “The replacement string should have the same casing as the matched text.”
- noun (dated, Appalachia) A tire.
Synonyms
Webster’s 1913
Sources: Wiktionary · WordNet 3.0 · Webster’s 1913 — from the Wiktionary entry “casing”, CC BY-SA 4.0. Details