1570s, "action of fitting with a case," verbal noun from case (v.). Meaning "a covering, an enclosure" is from 1839.
the casings had rotted away and had to be replaced
cashew
cashier
cashless
cashmere
Casimir
casing
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cask
casket
Caspian
casque
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