casement
noun/ˈkeɪsmənt/
/ˈkeɪsmənt/
(also casement window)
- a window that opens on hinges like a doorTopics Buildingsc2Oxford Collocations DictionaryCasement is used before these nouns:
- window
Word Originlate Middle English (as an architectural term denoting a hollow moulding): from Anglo-Latin cassimentum, from cassa, from Latin capsa, related to capere ‘to hold’.Definitions on the go
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