storm window

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noun
  1. a supplementary window sash for protecting a window against drafts, driving rain, etc.

Origin of storm window

1
First recorded in 1885–90
  • Also called storm sash .

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How to use storm window in a sentence

  • If you swap out screens for storm windows that gives an extra pane of glass to provide protection from the cold winter air.

    Help! I bought a house in the pandemic and winter is coming! | Joseph Hudson and Scott Leidner | September 25, 2021 | Washington Blade
  • There was no curtain, and the blind had not been drawn down, therefore the earth looked in at the storm-window.

    Robert Falconer | George MacDonald
  • Have you ever peeped up at the eaves above the little storm-window where you are so fond of sitting?

    Fairies Afield | Mary Louisa Molesworth
  • The room had a storm-window, of which the lattice stood open.

    David Elginbrod | George MacDonald

British Dictionary definitions for storm window

storm window

noun
  1. an additional window fitted to the outside of an ordinary window to provide insulation against wind, cold, rain, etc

  2. a type of dormer window

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