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casquer

/kas.ke/

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verb/kas.ke/

to fall into a trap, particularly by paying money in advance; to cough up, stump up, fork out, shell out (money)

From Italian cascare (“to fall”). Sense 2 is a development of sense 1.

verb/kas.ke/

to cover with (something resembling) a helmet; to put on (something resembling) a helmet

From casque, perhaps influenced by an analysis of casqué (which predates casquer) as a past participle.