Obs. rare–1. [a. 16th c. F. cassole ‘coffin, box,’ Cotgr., prob. ad. Prov. cassolo, dim. of cassa case. (Not the same as mod.F. cassolle ‘little pan’: see next.)] A box or case.
1590. A. M., trans. Gabelhouer’s Bk. Physicke, 343/2. We must applye thereon a freshe playster, and must sett the Legge in a Cassole, or case … and let it rest therin.
