masque

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Demand from China is helping drive demand for their distinctive casques, “helmets” in French, which males deploy in battle.

From Seattle Times • Oct. 11, 2019

The second-largest bird in the world after the ostrich, cassowaries can grow to 160 pounds and have large, wedge-shaped crests, or casques, on top of their heads.

From New York Times • Aug. 1, 2014

Great casques that form huge cylinders or curved, rhino-like horns decorate the heads of some species.

From Scientific American • Apr. 22, 2014

Did similar evolutionary pressures drive the evolution of hornbill, cassowary and ornithischian casques and crests?

From Scientific American • Apr. 22, 2014

You would think the horse's bits, the chariot ornaments, the superb casques of war that Mikael manufactures to be of silver!

From The Gold Sickle or Hena, The Virgin of The Isle of Sen. A Tale of Druid Gaul by Sue, Eugène