English
encastage
Encastage comes from French encaster ‘to put a pottery in front of a stove in a saggar’, and goes back to casette.
- Frenchc. 1600–presentcasette
- French, derivedc. 1600–presentencaster‘to put a pottery in front of a stove in a saggar’
- French, derivedc. 1600–presentencastage
- Englishtodaysame form
attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed
Lineage
- Frenchc. 1600–presentcasette
- French, derivedc. 1600–presentencaster‘to put a pottery in front of a stove in a saggar’
- French, derivedc. 1600–presentencastage
- Englishtodaysame form
Every English word from French casette
Today it means
noun The placing of pottery in a saggar so that it can be dried by fire.
Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.
Etymograph / French casette / encastage