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case⋅ment

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–noun
1. a window sash opening on hinges that are generally attached to the upright side of its frame.
2. Also called casement window. a window with such a sash or sashes.
3. a casing or covering.

Origin:
1375–1425; late ME. See case 2 , -ment


case⋅ment⋅ed, adjective

Case⋅ment

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(Sir) Roger (David), 1864–1916, Irish patriot: hanged by the British for treason.
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case·ment   (kās'mənt)   
n.  
    1. A window sash that opens outward by means of hinges.

    2. A window with such sashes.

  1. A case or covering.


[Middle English, a hollow molding, possibly from Middle English case, chest, frame; see case2.]
case'ment·ed adj.
Case·ment   (kās'mənt)   
British diplomat who sought German assistance in the Irish nationalist cause during World War I and was executed for treason.
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Word Origin & History

casement 
1430, probably aphetic of O.Fr. dial. enchassement "window frame," from en- "in," prefix forming verbs, + casse "case, frame" (see case (2)) + -ment. Or possibly from Anglo-L. cassementum, from casse. The Irish surname is originally Mc Casmonde (attested from 1429), from Mac Asmundr, from Ir. mac "son of" + O.N. Asmundr "god protector."
Online Etymology Dictionary, © 2001 Douglas Harper
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Bible Dictionary

Casement

a barrier of open-work placed before windows (Prov. 7:6). In Judg. 5:28 the Hebrew word is rendered "lattice," in the LXX. "network," an opening through which cool air is admitted.

Easton's 1897 Bible Dictionary
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