CASEMENT


Meaning of CASEMENT in English

noun

COLLOCATIONS FROM CORPUS

■ NOUN

window

The two circular towers still have the original casement windows with leaded panes.

The wind in the gusts seemed directed straight at the small casement window , which rattled and banged.

Long casement windows were open into a side garden laid with neat, symmetrical paths.

The sailor had gone straight through the casement window of the Red Hart, into the street.

The sun will never swing away from that casement window , for we have abolished time at a stroke, my dearest spirit!

Doors were opening up and down the street, casement windows were flung wide and shouts were heard.

It sent her backing nervously towards the casement window as if to set a safer distance between the two of them.

EXAMPLES FROM CORPUS

As usual, the casement opened on fog as white and blind as sleep.

Her head was haloed in the sunlight pouring through the casement .

She found the curtained casement flung open to let in a stream of sunlight and fresh air.

Some kind of wind had risen outside and was whistling through the rotten window casement and the ill-fitted panes.

The casement was splattered with bat lime, the wall covered with a long beard of it, almost to the floor.

The two circular towers still have the original casement windows with leaded panes.

Undoubtedly she thought of the window they stood at as a magic casement .

Window casements had been nailed shut and some were covered with clear polythene - an attempt at double glazing?

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