CASEMENT

casement

(noun) a window sash that is hinged (usually on one side)

Source: WordNet® 3.1


Noun

casement (plural casements)

A window sash that is hinged on the side.

A window having such sashes; a casement window.Wp

(military) Occasionally seen as a usage error due to the similarity of the words: A casemate.

Hyponyms

• (window): French casement

Anagrams

• can't seem, cæments, menacest

Source: Wiktionary


Case"ment, n. Etym: [Shortened fr. encasement. See Incase 1st Case, and cf. Incasement.] (Arch.)

Definition: A window sash opening on hinges affixed to the upright side of the frame into which it is fitted. (Poetically) A window. A casement of the great chamber window. Shak.

Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition



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