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English Dictionary: casement by the DICT Development Group
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From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
casement
n
  1. a window sash that is hinged (usually on one side)
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Casement \Case"ment\, n. [Shortened fr. encasement. See {Incase
      1st Case}, and cf. {Incasement}.] (Arch.)
      A window sash opening on hinges affixed to the upright side
      of the frame into which it is fitted. (Poetically) A window.
  
               A casement of the great chamber window.   --Shak.

From Easton's 1897 Bible Dictionary [easton]:
   Casement
      a barrier of open-work placed before windows (Prov. 7:6). In
      Judg. 5:28 the Hebrew word is rendered "lattice," in the LXX.
      "network," an opening through which cool air is admitted.
     
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