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Definition of Casements
1. casement [n] - See also: casement
Lexicographical Neighbors of Casements
Literary usage of Casements
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The Encyclopaedia Britannica: A Dictionary of Arts, Sciences, and General by Thomas Spencer Baynes (1888)
"96 is n plan of the two casements, anil 97 a plan of the head and sill. ...
Another mode of securing the casements has lately been introduced, ..."
2. Archaeologia Cantiana by Kent Archaeological Society (1876)
"In domestic buildings, particularly in the principal rooms, the windows are very
usually constructed with special preparation for casements, or shutters, ..."
3. The Knickerbocker: Or, New-York Monthly Magazine by Charles Fenno Hoffman, Timothy Flint, Lewis Gaylord Clark, Kinahan Cornwallis, John Holmes Agnew (1839)
"... Through distant casements, lights are twinkling now, Where busy matrons still
the needle ply, Or some pale student strains his aching eye, ..."
4. The Critical Review, Or, Annals of Literature by Tobias George Smollett (1809)
"... from stained casements fall, Ami mark'd the curtain'.! shrine retir'd from
view ; . The painter there each fotm of death pourtray d With smiles of ..."
5. Historical Memoirs of My Own Time by Nathaniel William Wraxall (1815)
"The sides were open ; the windows resembling the lattices of our farm-houses,
divided into small panes, with casements for the admission of air. ..."
6. Practical Building Construction by John Parnell Allen (1897)
"Sash, or Cased Frames—Solid Frames and Casements—Borrowed Lights— Window
Finishings—Shutters. Windows and Frames.—Window openings are filled in with two ..."
7. The Modern Law of Real Property: With an Introduction for the Student and an by Louis Arthur Goodeve (1883)
"Continuous and apparent easements and casements of necessity— implied grant on
severance of tenements. " I am of opinion that the statute has in no degree ..."
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