Carcass
Carcass (kar"kas) , noun
[French carcasse, from Italian carcassa, from Latin caro flesh + capsa chest, box, case. Compare Carnal, Case a sheath.]
1.
A dead body, whether of man or beast; a corpse; now commonly the dead body of a beast.
He turned to see the carcass of the lion.
This kept thousands in the town whose carcasses went into the great pits by cartloads.
2.
The living body; -- now commonly used in contempt or ridicule.
To pamper his own carcass.
Lovely her face; was ne'er so fair a creature.
For earthly carcass had a heavenly feature.
3.
The abandoned and decaying remains of some bulky and once comely thing, as a ship; the skeleton, or the uncovered or unfinished frame, of a thing.
A rotten carcass of a boat.
4.
(Military) A hollow case or shell, filled with combustibles, to be thrown from a mortar or howitzer, to set fire to buildings, ships, etc.
A discharge of carcasses and bombshells.