casement Definition
case·ment (kās′mənt)
casement Related Forms
case′·mented adjective
Casement Definition
Case·ment (kās′mənt)
Casement, Sir Roger David 1864-1916; Ir. nationalist: hanged by the British as a traitor in WWI
casement Synonyms
casement
n.
casement Usage Examples
Converse of object
- open: Over each a center opening 3 light casement with top lights.
- have: The wing to left has two 2 light leaded casements both floors.
- hang: A top hung outward opening casement offers a medium cost window option with reduced ventilation control.
- renew: The window above it, and those in the left hand bay, are renewed casements.
Adjective modifier
- leaded: The wing to left has two 2 light leaded casements both floors.
- hung: The three first floor windows are modern insertions into frames that earlier held pairs of side hung casements.
- renewed: Two stories of three renewed leaded light casements of 3 lights.
- light: Above right a 2 light casement in small roof gable in 1939.
- open: Josepha seated herself by the open casement, and for the first time gazed on the miniature she wore.
Modifies a noun
- window: A double row of casement windows lit the interior, which had a gallery at either end.
- door: Glazed door to: REAR HALL Wooden floor, glazed casement doors to paved terrace.
- lock: Most casement locks are screwed to the window rather than the frame - a weaker system.
Noun used with modifier
- timber: A detached stone built potting shed with a stone slate roof and timber casement window.
- opening: On 2nd floor a 3 light center opening casement either side a 2 light casement.
- light: Above, a 3 light casement either side of a single light.
- metal: The south elevation includes a row of six large metal casement windows.
- iron: Another rare feature are the iron casements windows which were introduced in houses from the 16th century onwards.
- window: Winds can drive rain around window casements, causing them to rot.
Preposition: in
gable: Above right a 2 light casement in small roof gable in 1939.
Preposition: with
light: Here a 5 light casement with top lights under a rounded arch.
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