Definitions for cassone

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cassone cas·so·ne

Spelling: [kuh-soh-nee; Italian kahs-saw-ne]

IPA: /kəˈsoʊ ni; Italian kɑsˈsɔ nɛ/

Cassone is a 7 letter English word.

You can make 170 anagrams from letters in cassone (acenoss).

Definitions for cassone

noun

1. a large Italian chest of the Middle Ages and Renaissance, usually highly ornamented.

Origin of cassone

1880-85; Italian, equivalent to cass(a) box (see case²) + -one augmentative suffix

Examples for cassone

The three screens carry four pictures—two long and narrow, evidently panels from a cassone; the others quite small.

The Italian marriage-chests (cassone) were also of a richness which was never attempted in England.

Painted probably to adorn the front of a cassone or marriage-chest.