sash
1a 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.
to furnish or adorn with a sash: a dress sashed at the waist.
Origin of sash
1Other words from sash
- sashless, adjective
Other definitions for sash (2 of 2)
a fixed or movable framework, as in a window or door, in which panes of glass are set.
such frameworks collectively.
to furnish with sashes or with windows having sashes.
Origin of sash
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How to use sash in a sentence
Its sashless windows and defective chinks were gilded with the yellow light that comes from a glowing hearth.
Lazarre | Mary Hartwell CatherwoodMelinda Cree's black hair and dark masses of wrinkles showed through a sashless shed window where she stood at her ironing-board.
The Mothers Of Honor | Mary Hartwell CatherwoodA grapevine grew in front, and its graceful tendrils twined in and out through the sashless windows and the broken door.
The Rector of St. Mark's | Mary J. HolmesIt almost touched the hut, and its top was very near to a sashless aperture in the attic.
Ralph on the Engine | Allen ChapmanIt was from a sashless window in one of these that the angry voices came.
Lady Baltimore | Owen Wister
British Dictionary definitions for sash (1 of 2)
/ (sæʃ) /
a long piece of ribbon, silk, etc, worn around the waist like a belt or over one shoulder, as a symbol of rank
Origin of sash
1British Dictionary definitions for sash (2 of 2)
/ (sæʃ) /
a frame that contains the panes of a window or door
to furnish with a sash, sashes, or sash windows
Origin of sash
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