Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- noun A window sash that opens outward by means of hinges.
- noun A window with such sashes.
- noun A case or covering.
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun In architecture: A frame for glass, as forming a window or part of a window, and made to open by swinging on hinges which are generally affixed to a vertical side of the opening into which it is fitted.
- noun A compartment between the mullions of a window
- noun A deep hollow molding used chiefly in cornices, and similar to the scotia of classical or cavetto of Italian architecture. Oxford Glossary. Sometimes, erroneously, casemate.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- noun (Arch.) A window sash opening on hinges affixed to the upright side of the frame into which it is fitted. (Poetically) A window.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- noun a
window sash that ishinged on theside and opensoutward - noun a window having such sashes; a
casement window (Wikipedia) - noun military a
casemate
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- noun a window sash that is hinged (usually on one side)
Etymologies
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
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Examples
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To express it in the same idle imagery it would be the fact that even a casement is a part of a house, as a kettle is a part of a household.
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The only object of attraction to be seen from the casement was a fine view of the sea; but Ernest had been too long a sojourner on the wild waste of waters, not to have become weary of their monotony, and tired of gazing at what had been so long a familiar object, he turned his attention to the interior of the room.
Woman As She Should Be or, Agnes Wiltshire Mary E. Herbert
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Looking through the casement was the visage of the mariner, no longer stern, but moved with unutterable emotion, and tears, yes, tears trickling down his weather-beaten cheeks.
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` Drop the Bible into the room, 'for I had seen that the casement was a little open.
True to his Colours The Life that Wears Best Theodore P. Wilson
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The casement was a double one, but I felt sure I could drive a bullet through one of them.
Lorimer of the Northwest Harold Bindloss 1905
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The grills on each side of the entrance to the main hall were open; that is, the casement windows were thrown back.
The Voice in the Fog Harold MacGrath 1901
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Through a rent in the wall, forming a kind of casement, and about ten feet from the ground, the light now broke over the matted and rank soil, embedded, as it were, in vast masses of shade, and streaming through a mouldering portico hard at hand.
Rienzi, Last of the Roman Tribunes Edward Bulwer Lytton Lytton 1838
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Glancing up to the window casement, she noted the sun was high in the morning sky.
Healing the Highlander Melissa Mayhue 2011
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Billy gap-grinning and breathing hard, bracing for another blow, shouting across the cul-de-sac at the propped casement window beneath the canopy porch of the dressing room where Baby crouches, watching...
Billy, Ray & Melvin Have Their Say Dennis Mahagin 2011
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If you want your Shakespeare in hock to unrelenting beats, populated by pimps and gimps, blow-up dolls and globetrotting MC crews - and performed with more zest than a casement of lemons - this is the transatlantic hiphop party musical for you.
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