name
Meaning 1
A surname from Irish.
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casement
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noun
Meaning 2
A window sash that is hinged on the side.
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noun
Meaning 3
A window having such sashes; a casement window.Wp
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noun
Meaning 4
A casemate. Some writers and readers consider casement a catachresis when used in this sense.
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Topics: government, military, politics, war
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noun
Meaning 5
a window sash that is hinged (usually on one side)
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
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Broader terms: sash, window sash
History
Etymology
Reduced Anglicized form of Irish Mac Asmuint (“son of Asmund”), a personal name derived from Old Norse Asmundr, which is composed by the elements áss (“god”) + mundr (“protection”).
Across languages
Translations
8 source translations are retained for this English entry.
- Finnish: sivusaranoitu puite — window sash hinged on the side
- German: Fensterflügel — window sash hinged on the side
- German: Drehflügel — window sash hinged on the side
- Italian: battente — window sash hinged on the side
- Italian: anta — window sash hinged on the side
- Italian: persiana — window sash hinged on the side
- Spanish: hoja de ventana — window sash hinged on the side
- Ottoman Turkish: چرچوه (çerçeve) — window sash hinged on the side
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