casement
Collocations
4ADJ.
blue, sudden
VERB + CASEMENT
looked, opened, opening
PREP.
among, in, through, through
ADV.
violently
Definitions
noun
A window sash that is hinged on the side.
For at the window of my house I looked through my casement, and beheld among the simple ones, I discerned among the youths, a young man void of understanding.
A window having such sashes; a casement window.ᵂᵖ
Passing through Tokenhouse Yard, in Lothbury, of a sudden a casement violently opened just over my head, and a woman gave three frightful screeches, and then cried, ‘Oh! death, death, death!’ in a most inimitable tone, and which struck me with horror and a chillness in my very blood.
Some slight noise had awakened Francesca, and opening her casement, she looked through the thick and misty air, and saw him riding slowly over the heath.
A casemate. Some writers and readers consider casement a catachresis when used in this sense.
name
A surname from Irish.
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5For at the window of my house I looked through my casement, and beheld among the simple ones, I discerned among the youths, a young man void of understanding.
WiktionaryPassing through Tokenhouse Yard, in Lothbury, of a sudden a casement violently opened just over my head, and a woman gave three frightful screeches, and then cried, ‘Oh! death, death, death!’ in a mos
WiktionarySome slight noise had awakened Francesca, and opening her casement, she looked through the thick and misty air, and saw him riding slowly over the heath.
WiktionaryDon’t you have the blue casement?
Tatoeba · #8800546He opened the casement to let in the fresh air.
Tatoeba · #13320185