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noun

a long band or scarf worn over one shoulder or around the waist, as by military officers as a part of the uniform or by women and children for ornament.

verb (used with object)

to furnish or adorn with a sash: a dress sashed at the waist.

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Origin:
1585–95; dissimilated variant of shash (turban of) muslin < Arabic shāsh

Related forms

sash·less, adjective

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noun

a fixed or movable framework, as in a window or door, in which panes of glass are set.

such frameworks collectively.

verb (used with object)

to furnish with sashes or with windows having sashes.

Origin:
1675–85; back formation from sashes (plural), dissimilated variant of shashes chassis

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sash¹ (sæʃ)

—n
	a long piece of ribbon, silk, etc, worn around the waist like a belt or over one shoulder, as a symbol of rank

[C16: from Arabic shāsh muslin]

sash² (sæʃ)

—n
1.	a frame that contains the panes of a window or door

—vb
2.	to furnish with a sash, sashes, or sash windows

[C17: originally plural sashes, variant of shashes, from chassis]

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Word Origin & History

sash

"strip of cloth," 1599, "strip of cloth twisted into a turban," from Arabic shash "muslin cloth." Meaning "strip of cloth worn about the waist or over the shoulder" first recorded 1681.

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sash

"window frame," 1681, sashes, from Fr. châssis "frame" of a window or door (see chassis). French word taken as a plural and -s trimmed off by 1704.

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"The country was new to me beyond Fitchburg.... As we were whirled rapidly along, I noticed the woodbine (Ampelopsis quinquefolia), its leaves now changed, for the most part on dead trees, draping them like a red scarf. It was a little exciting, suggesting bloodshed, or at least a military life, like an epaulet or sash, as if it were dyed with the blood of the trees whose wounds it was inadequate to stanch. For now the bloody autumn was come, and an Indian warfare was waged through the forest. These military trees appeared very numerous, for our rapid progress connected those that were even some miles apart."

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