: a window sash that opens on hinges at the side
also
: a window with such a sash
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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.
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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
Some people even set them up to vent out a sliding door or casement window, though this generally requires making adjustments to the window kit.
—Camryn Rabideau, Peoplemag, 1 July 2024
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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
Some people even set them up to vent out a sliding door or casement window, though this generally requires making adjustments to the window kit.
—Camryn Rabideau, Peoplemag, 1 July 2024
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“Casement.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/casement. Accessed 8 Nov. 2024.
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casement
noun
case·ment
ˈkā-smənt 
1
: a window frame opening on hinges like a door
2
: a window with a casement
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