window sash

noun

1. the frame holding the pane of a window.

window sash

noun

1. a glazed window frame, esp one that opens

Word History and Origins

Origin of window sash¹

First recorded in 1755–65

Example Sentences

Then another sound broke upon my ears like the raising of a window sash.

From The Daily Beast

A shaving mirror is usually placed on a window sash to avoid shadows as much as possible.

From Project Gutenberg

Clemens one day got up in a chair in his room on the second floor to pull down the high window-sash.

From Project Gutenberg

The drying machinery is 'arranged after the plan of a window-sash, with weights and pulleys, so as to rise and fall at pleasure.

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As he started toward his window to close the shutters, his eye caught sight of an object hanging from the window sash.

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Why, he'd have slammed you through the window and utterly ruined a hundred dollars' worth of window-sash and stuff.'

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