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casement

noun C2
  1. A window sash that is hinged on the side.
  2. A window having such sashes; a casement window.ᵂᵖ
  3. A casemate. Some writers and readers consider casement a catachresis when used in this sense.

Plural casements

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Then suddenly he hauled something in as a fisherman lands a fish—some large, round object which obscured the light as it was dragged through the open casement.
The Valley of Fear, p. 87 · C1

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