dial. Also cazzie, cosie. [= Icel. ‘kass, mod. kassi a case, large box, creel.’] A kind of basket made of straw, used in Orkney and Caithness.
1693. J. Wallace, Descr. Orkney, 34. A sort of Vessel made of Straw, called Cassies, in which they keep, and transport their Corn.
1793. Statist. Acc. Scot., VII. 524. Straw cazzies which were used as sacks for carrying Victual. Ibid., X. 23 (Jam.). Straw creels called cassies, made very compactly of long oat straw.
1880. Times, 25 Sept., 8/1. A peculiar basket made of plaited straw and called a ‘cassy.’ The ‘cassy’ is strapped to the shoulders in such a way as to leave the hands free.
