[Fr., dim. of casse or caisse (cf. CASE), ad. It. cassetta.] A casket.
1793. Southey, Life & Corr. (1849), I. 196. In very bad weather, take out my casette and write to you. Ibid. (1807), Espriella’s Lett. (1814), I. 83. One purchase I ventured to make, that of a travelling caissette.
1881. Contemp. Rev., June, 926. The robbery of Baroness Von Meyerdorf’s Cassette.
b. Photogr. (see quot.).
1875. trans. Vogel’s Chem. Light, v. 42. For the purpose of transporting the plate … the photographer employs a little flat box called the cassette.
