Definitions

from The Century Dictionary.

  • noun A door having panes of glass to admit light.

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Examples

  • From a terraced roof of the Blacquernal palace, accessible by a sash-door, which opened from the bed-chamber of Ursel, there was commanded one of the most lovely and striking views which the romantic neighbourhood of Constantinople afforded.

    Count Robert of Paris 2008

  • She recollected, at last, the sash-door of a bow-window belonging to a room that was never occupied but in summer.

    Camilla 2008

  • The green-house opened from the large parlor by a sash-door.

    The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 02, No. 08, June 1858 Various

  • My further musings were interrupted at this moment for the individual to whom I had been so complimentary in my revery, slowly arose from his recumbent position, flung his loose mantle carelessly across his left shoulder, and pushing open the sash-door, entered my chamber.

    Charles O'Malley — Volume 2 Charles James Lever 1839

  • As I looked, however, the wind blew back the curtain which half-concealed the sash-door, and disclosed to me the figure of a man seated at a table; his back was towards me, but his broad sombrero hat and brown mantle bespoke his nation; the light blue curl of smoke which wreathed gently upwards, and the ample display of long-necked, straw-wrapped flasks, also attested that he was enjoying himself with true

    Charles O'Malley — Volume 2 Charles James Lever 1839

  • As I closed the sash-door behind me, the gray dawn of breaking day scarcely permitted my seeing anything around me, and I felt my way towards the door of an adjoining room, where I supposed it was likely I should find the senhora.

    Charles O'Malley — Volume 2 Charles James Lever 1839

  • He turned away, went out through the sash-door of the study; and as he passed towards the fields under the luxuriant chestnut-trees,

    A Strange Story — Complete Edward Bulwer Lytton Lytton 1838

  • The last thing at night, before retiring to rest, it was the man-servant's business to see that the sash-window was closed, and the gate to the iron palisade locked; but during the daytime I so often went out of the house by that private way that the gate was then very seldom locked, nor the sash-door bolted from within.

    A Strange Story — Complete Edward Bulwer Lytton Lytton 1838

  • Lily cautiously lifted a sash-door and glided in, closing it behind her.

    Kenelm Chillingly — Volume 05 Edward Bulwer Lytton Lytton 1838

  • Lily cautiously lifted a sash-door and glided in, closing it behind her.

    Kenelm Chillingly — Complete Edward Bulwer Lytton Lytton 1838

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