Definition of Sash lock

1. Noun. A lock attached to the sashes of a double hung window that can fix both in the shut position.

Exact synonyms: Sash Fastener, Window Lock
Generic synonyms: Lock
Group relationships: Window

Lexicographical Neighbors of Sash Lock

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sarvo
sarwan
sarwans
sasaite
sasanach
sasanachs
sasarara
sasararas
sasbachite
sascab
sash
sash cord
sash fastener
sash line
sash lock (current term)
sash weight
sash window
sash windows
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sashaying
sashays
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sasheries
sashery
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sashichigal
sashimi
sashimis

Literary usage of Sash lock

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. United States Supreme Court Reports by Lawyers Co-operative Publishing Company, United States Supreme Court (1885)
"This sash lock was made about February, 1868, and on the 24th of that month Voll ... McGregor was unable to furnish the Lee sash lock to fill a large order ..."

2. Car Builders' Cyclopedia of American Practice by Master Car-Builders' Association (1906)
"See also Deck Sash Latch. in the common form of sash lock. Fig. 4270, the sash lock bolt, I, is pressed outward by the sash lock spring, 2, and moved inward ..."

3. The Car-builder's Dictionary: An Illustrated Vocabulary of Terms which ...by Master Car-Builders' Association, Matthias Nace Forney, Arthur Mellen Wellington, Leander Garey, Calvin A. Smith by Master Car-Builders' Association, Matthias Nace Forney, Arthur Mellen Wellington, Leander Garey, Calvin A. Smith (1895)
"In moar of the trade catalogues it is called a sash-lock, ... Sash-lock, however, seems to continue to be the established and almo« ..."

4. Car Builders' Cyclopedia of American Practice by American Railway Association, Master Car Builders' Association, Mechanical Division, Association of American Railroads (1903)
"3648, the sash lock bolt, I, is pressed outward by the sash lock spring, 2, ... 3621-30, or sash lock plates, fastened upon the outside of the window casing ..."

5. Building Construction and Superintendence by Frank Eugene Kidder (1915)
"703 * shows a form of sash-lock placed on the market in 1896. ... Fitch Sash-Lock with Mortise Strike-Plate. within the lever-plate keep the lever either ..."

6. United States Reports, Supreme Court: Cases Argued and Adjudged in the by United States Supreme Court, William T. Otto (1903)
"This object was accomplished in the sash lock of Lee, by giving the lever a certain amount of ... McGregor was unable to furnish the Lee sash lock to fill a ..."

7. Building Construction and Superintendence by Frank Eugene Kidder (1906)
"Trim the sashes throughout the second story with Ives cast bronze sash lock, No. 534 (Fitch sash locks. No. 24!, and plain wrought (cast) bronze flush sash ..."

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