Carcass /(kär"kas)/

pl. Carcasses

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.

   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. A hollow case or shell, filled with combustibles, to be thrown from a mortar or howitzer, to set fire to buldings, ships, etc. (Mil.)

   A discharge of carcasses and bombshells.