cottage window
noun
a double-hung window with an upper sash smaller than the lower.
- Also called front window.
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How to use cottage window in a sentence
It was pleasant to sit on the bench outside the cottage-window, and watch him tend his roots and flowers.
Johnny Ludlow, Fourth Series | Mrs. Henry WoodWindow-bole, "the part of a cottage-window that is filled by a wooden blind, which may occasionally be opened."
The Proverbs of Scotland | Alexander HislopYvonne turned and began to arrange some fresh flowers in a bowl upon the cottage window-ledge.
The Orchard of Tears | Sax RohmerGrand-papa's eye grow weary watching for you, at the little cottage window.
Little Ferns For Fanny's Little Friends | Fanny FernNow and again the redness of a lighted cottage window, blurred and contorted in shape, showed through the gray pall.
The History of Sir Richard Calmady | Lucas Malet
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