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cottage window

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noun

a double-hung window with an upper sash smaller than the lower.

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Nearby words

Also called front window.

Dictionary.com Unabridged Based on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2019

Examples from the Web for cottage window

Window-bole, "the part of a cottage-window that is filled by a wooden blind, which may occasionally be opened."
The Proverbs of Scotland|Alexander Hislop
It was pleasant to sit on the bench outside the cottage-window, and watch him tend his roots and flowers.
Johnny Ludlow, Fourth Series|Mrs. Henry Wood
It might be a candle in a cottage-window, and probably was; for it was too red for a jack-o'lantern.
Lord Montagu's Page|G. P. R. James
Archie did not speak; but his smile thanked her, and the flowers bloomed in the cottage-window for many days.
The Orphans of Glen Elder|Margaret Murray Robertson

His heart leaped for joy, for he knew it proceeded from his mother's cottage-window.
Wilson's Tales of the Borders and of Scotland|Various