CASEMENT


Meaning of CASEMENT in English

/ ˈkeɪsmənt; NAmE / (also ˌcasement ˈwindow ) noun

a window that opens on hinges like a door

—picture at house

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WORD ORIGIN

late Middle English (as an architectural term denoting a hollow moulding): from Anglo-Latin cassimentum , from cassa , from Latin capsa , related to capere to hold.

Oxford Advanced Learner's English Dictionary.      Оксфордский английский словарь для изучающик язык на продвинутом уровне.