Sc. Obs. rare. [Perh. dim. of CAGE; Jamieson says ‘App. corr. from F. cassette.’ Cf. also F. cachette little place of concealment.] ‘A small casket or box’ (Jamieson).
1488. Inv. Roy. Wardrobe & Jewell-ho. (1815), 5 (Jam.). In a cageat, beand within the said blak kist, a braid chenye … Item in the said cageat, a litill coffre of siluer oure gilt.
