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Definition of Casement
1. Noun. A window sash that is hinged (usually on one side).
Definition of Casement
1. n. A window sash opening on hinges affixed to the upright side of the frame into which it is fitted. (Poetically) A window.
Definition of Casement
1. Noun. a window sash that is hinged on the side and opens outward ¹
2. Noun. a window having such sashes; a casement window ¹
3. Noun. (military) a casemate ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Casement
1. a type of window [n -S]
Lexicographical Neighbors of Casement
Literary usage of Casement
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The Literary Digest History of the World War: Compiled from Original and (1919)
"casement was hanged in Penton- ville prison on August 3. ... Twenty minutes before
casement mounted the scaffold when the great prison bell began to toll, ..."
2. History of the Sinn Fein Movement and the Irish Rebellion of 1916 by Francis P. Jones (1917)
"In the face of the opinion of the world, they had determined to take vengeance
on Roger casement, even though they knew that he had striven to prevent the ..."
3. The Irish Rebellion of 1916 and Its Martyrs: Erin's Tragic Easter by Padraic Colum, Maurice Joy (1916)
"casement until just before his death was an Ulster Protestant, born in County
Antrim in 1864. The place where I met him in his native county was a proper ..."
4. Graham's Magazine by George R. Graham, Edgar Allan Poe (1842)
"cloa'd the casement,— veil'd ihe lamp, ... her casement peeping. She heard him
fondly breathe her name, Then saw him go wilh sorrow ; And cried, ..."
5. A Librarian's Open Shelf: Essays on Various Subjects by Arthur Elmore Bostwick (1920)
"... THE MAGIC casement* Anyone who talks or writes about the "movies" is likely
to be misunderstood. There is little to be said now about the moving picture ..."
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