Associations to the word «Casemate»

Wiktionary

CASEMATE, noun. A bombproof chamber, usually of masonry, in which cannon may be placed, to be fired through embrasures; or one capable of being used as a magazine, or for quartering troops.
CASEMATE, noun. A hollow molding, chiefly in cornices.

Wise words

Words are always getting conventionalized to some secondary meaning. It is one of the works of poetry to take the truants in custody and bring them back to their right senses.
William Butler Yeats