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From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Casement \Case"ment\, n. [Shortened fr encasement. See {Incase
1st Case}, and cf {Incasement}.] (Arch.)
A window sash opening on hinges affixed to the upright side
of the frame into which it is fitted. (Poetically) A window.
A casement of the great chamber window. --Shak.
From WordNet r 1.6 [wn]:
casement
n : a window that is hinged (usually on one side)
From Easton's 1897 Bible Dictionary [easton]:
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.
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