casement

noun

case·​ment ˈkās-mənt How to pronounce casement (audio)
: a window sash that opens on hinges at the side
also : a window with such a sash

Examples of casement in a Sentence

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Photo: Brown Harris Stevens Looking over the library, a guest bedroom takes up the rest of the top floor and is lit with two skylights and a casement window over the garden. Adriane Quinlan, Curbed, 24 Oct. 2024 In the back of the room is a bar, which is also the kitchen; at the front, just inside a great casement window that fills the front wall, is a spinet piano made of blond wood and confettied with stickers. Helen Rosner, The New Yorker, 20 Oct. 2024 After the war, some military strategists responded by trying to put entire armies underground, in subterranean complexes connected by tunnels to supposedly impregnable casements and fortifications. Arthur Herman, Foreign Affairs, 26 Aug. 2014 Its original steel casement windows and pine floor were also beautifully untouched. Vaishnavi Nayel Talawadekar, Architectural Digest, 10 July 2024 See all Example Sentences for casement 

Word History

Etymology

Middle English, hollow molding

First Known Use

15th century, in the meaning defined above

Time Traveler
The first known use of casement was in the 15th century

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“Casement.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/casement. Accessed 21 Nov. 2024.

Kids Definition

casement

noun
case·​ment ˈkā-smənt How to pronounce casement (audio)
1
: a window frame opening on hinges like a door
2
: a window with a casement

Biographical Definition

Casement

biographical name

Case·​ment ˈkās-mənt How to pronounce Casement (audio)
Sir Roger David 1864–1916 Irish rebel

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