I. ˈsash, -aa(ə)-, -ai- noun
( -es )
Etymology: Arabic shāsh muslin
1. obsolete : an oriental turban
2. : any of various bands worn about the waist or over one shoulder, fastened with a loop, knot, or bow, and used as an accessory of dress, a symbol of an honorary or military order, or other distinctive badge — see cummberbund
II. noun
( plural sash also sashes )
Usage: often attributive
Etymology: probably modification of French châssis frame, chassis (taken as a plural) — more at chassis
1. : the framework in which panes of glass or other usually transparent or translucent material are set for installation in a window or door or for covering a hotbed, cold frame, greenhouse, or other glazed enclosure — see casement 2a; also : a movable part of a window
raise the sash for ventilation
2. : the frame in which a sash saw or gang saw is stretched or mounted — called also gate
III. transitive verb
( -ed/-ing/-es )
: to furnish (as a door or window) with a sash
a door half sashed with glass — Sir Walter Scott
IV. transitive verb
( -ed/-ing/-es )
Etymology: sash (I)
: to fasten, trim, or adorn with a sash
sashed in at the waist — Oliver La Farge