Casement
['keɪsm(ə)nt] or ['kesmənt]
Definition
(n.) A window sash opening on hinges affixed to the upright side of the frame into which it is fitted. (Poetically) A window.
Edited by Jeffrey
Examples
- Not a casement was found unfastened, not a pane of glass broken; all the doors were bolted secure. Charlotte Bronte. Villette.
- It was the first of June; yet the morning was overcast and chilly: rain beat fast on my casement. Charlotte Bronte. Jane Eyre.
- Charley wiped his own eyes, which were rather blurred with moisture, and stepped closer to the casement. Thomas Hardy. The Return of the Native.
- There you were, Lina, at the casement, shrinking a little to one side in an attitude not unusual with you. Charlotte Bronte. Shirley.
- Casement windows opened, crazy doors were unbarred, and people came forth shivering--chilled, as yet, by the new sweet air. Charles Dickens. A Tale of Two Cities.
- I leaned against the casement, and watched those two glorious creatures, till they disappeared in the forest-glades; and then I turned. Mary Shelley. The Last Man.
- I trembled, and my heart failed within me; when, on looking up, I saw, by the light of the moon, the d?mon at the casement. Mary Shelley. Frankenstein_Or_The Modern Prometheus.
- Moore opened his casement an inch or two to admit sound more freely. Charlotte Bronte. Shirley.
- This is a quiet little ch?teau, he observed, after inviting me to sit near the casement. Charlotte Bronte. Villette.
- She opened the casement to get a better view of the garlands and posies that adorned it. Thomas Hardy. The Return of the Native.
- He turned to the casement window to show me that it was wide open. Wilkie Collins. The Woman in White.
- I muttered to myself as I looked at the dark casements. Mary Shelley. The Last Man.
- For my temptation to _think_ it a right, I refer every caviller to a brick house, sashed windows below, and casements above, in Highbury. Jane Austen. Emma.
- Lucy never resisted the call of a duty, so she yielded, and closing the casements and doors with care, she accompanied me back to Windsor. Mary Shelley. The Last Man.
- A thousand pale and anxious faces might have been seen looking from other casements. William Makepeace Thackeray. Vanity Fair.
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