cottage window
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
The American Library in the Catalonian capital is bombed, an I.B.M. showroom has a brick tossed through its front window.
Whit Stillman on the 20th Anniversary of ‘Barcelona’, His New Amazon Series, and the Myth of the Ugly Expat | Michael Weiss | August 10, 2014 | THE DAILY BEASTThrough a front window I saw the blue light of the running projector, making silhouettes of the children.
‘Tracing the Blue Light’: Read Chapter 1 of Eileen Cronin’s ‘Mermaid’ | Eileen Cronin | April 8, 2014 | THE DAILY BEASTThere was a plastic palm tree stuck in the front window, so she called the joint the Hawaiian Paradise.
The Stacks: John Schulian’s Classic Profile of Newspaper Columnist Mike Royko | John Schulian | January 5, 2014 | THE DAILY BEASTAfter firefighters put out the fire, they found five badly burned bodies huddled near the front window partition.
On the wall by the front window was a framed diploma from the University of Buffalo.
Hurricane Sandy Victim Jacob Vogelman’s Mother Remembers His Life | Michael Daly | November 1, 2012 | THE DAILY BEAST
The next moment he had dashed down the front window, and shouted to the postillions to go on.
By Birth a Lady | George Manville FennDaisy Shaw knocked quickly on the front window with her little, nervous hand in its tight, white kid glove.
The Butterfly House | Mary E. Wilkins FreemanNat found Mrs. Parloe sitting in an easy chair by a front window.
From Farm to Fortune | Horatio Alger Jr.Vines covered the front window in which only a few splinters of glass hung on the rim.
The Jewels of Aptor | Samuel R. DelanyOften on a bright afternoon Mrs. Parsons will watch from her front window the "teams" that pass, going to the bay.
By The Sea | Heman White Chaplin
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