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cottage window

American  

noun

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


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They said in their lawsuit that there was no security at the resort and that a cottage window was found ajar with a broken latch on the morning Nora disappeared.

From Seattle Times • Aug. 23, 2020

The lawsuit says a cottage window was found ajar, its latch broken, the morning she disappeared.

From Washington Times • Jan. 21, 2020

According to the lawsuit, which is seeking $44,000 in damages, on the morning the girl disappeared a cottage window was found open with its latch broken.

From Fox News • Jan. 21, 2020

Clare has organised his details, so that from stanza to stanza we have moved deeper into the countryside – from a position close to the cottage window, then, via the twirling leaf to the lane.

From The Guardian • Oct. 29, 2012

Although a creature of the wilds it had a leaning towards civilisation, and preened and smiled in a jam-jar in some cottage window without resentment, living quite a week if given water.

From "Rebecca" by Daphne du Maurier