casing

n.

1. An outer cover: a shell casing; a tire casing.
2. The frame or framework for a window or door.
3. A metal pipe or tube used as a lining for a water, oil, or gas well.
4. A membranous case, often made of animal intestine, used to contain sausage or other processed meat.
5. A narrow passage for a rod or cord, as in a curtain or the waistband of a garment, made by folding over a small strip of fabric at its edge along its width and sewing it in place.

A thin, tubular intestinal membrane that has been cleaned and stuffed with processed meat, such as for salami and other sausages. The membrane may come from the intestines of sheep, hogs or cattle. Casings can be purchased-thoroughly cleaned and packed in salt-from specialty butchers. Today, most commercial sausages have casings of formed collagen.

1. The exposed trim molding, framing, or lining around a door or window; may be either flat or molded.
2. Finished millwork, of uniform profile, which covers pipes or encases a structural member such as a post or beam.
3. A pipe section

casing, 1

used to line a hole; may be driven, drilled, or dropped into place; also called a shell.
4. Of a pump, the housing that encloses the impeller.

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The noun has 3 meanings:

Meaning #1: the housing or outer covering of something
  Synonyms: shell, case

Meaning #2: the outermost covering of a pneumatic tire

Meaning #3: the enclosing frame around a door or window opening
  Synonym: case

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Dansk (Danish)
n. - beklædning, væg, karm, indfatning, kunsttarm, trøje, løbegang

Nederlands (Dutch)
kozijn, omhulsel

Français (French)
n. - revêtement, carter, enveloppe extérieure (d'un pneu), boîtier, cuvelage (cheminée), chambranle, boyau, (Imprim) emboîtage

Deutsch (German)
n. - Rahmen, Hülle, Mantel

Ελληνική (Greek)
n. - περίβλημα

Italiano (Italian)
telaio, infisso, involucro

Português (Portuguese)
n. - invólucro (m), material (m) de embalagem

Русский (Russian)
рама, упаковка

Español (Spanish)
n. - marco, bastidor, encofrado, envoltura, estuche, cubierta

Svenska (Swedish)
n. - beklädnad, ram, korvskinn

中文（简体）(Chinese (Simplified))
框, 罩, 壳, 套

中文（繁體）(Chinese (Traditional))
n. - 框, 罩, 殼, 套

한국어 (Korean)
n. - 포장, 싸개, 틀

日本語 (Japanese)
n. - 覆い, 被覆, 枠, 包装

العربيه (Arabic)
‏(الاسم) غلاف‏

עברית (Hebrew)
n. - ‮מסגרת, כיסוי, עטיפת-מגן‬

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sausage casing