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casseau -eaux or -s cassot [< Cdn F] 
n. a birch-bark box used for collecting the sap of the sugar maple, and also for storing maple syrup and maple sugar.
See also: mocock
- 1822 (1932) An old squaw brought to our house several casseaux of [maple] sugar. . . .
- 1928 . . . Louis sent the lads to the woods to gather balsam and spruce gum, sarsaparilla, gold-thread, moss, and birch-bark for caseaux in which to pack the maple sugar in the following spring.
- 1822 (1932) An old squaw brought to our house several casseaux of [maple] sugar. . . .