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casement
  1. A window sash that is hinged on the side and opens outward.
  2. A window having such sashes; a casement window.Wp
  3. (military) A casemate.
  4. Synonyms:
  5. Examples:
    1. “The room seems trashed beyond repair, while light spills through the casement windows beyond which green things are growing.”
      “The lack of internal shutters suggests that there may have been leaded casement windows before the double-hung windows were installed.”
      “For example, the original painted double-hung windows were replaced with simple Douglas fir frames, which hold casement and hopper windows.”
casemate
  1. A bombproof chamber, usually of masonry, in which cannon may be placed, to be fired through embrasures; or one capable of being used as a magazine, or for quartering troops.
  2. A hollow molding, chiefly in cornices.
  3. Examples:
    1. “In Champagne, at Beausejour, we demolished an enemy gun protected by a casemate which was enfilading our trenches.”
      “The casemate mounted a gun on a pivot which could be traversed to fire through an embrasure.”
      “On June 16, a large English bomb went through the roof of a casemate that was supposed to be bombproof and killed many of its occupants.”
casemates
  1. plural of casemate
  2. Examples:
    1. “These vaulted casemates form the main walls of the fort and support the wide gundeck, the roof of the Castillo.”
      “Belfort was fortified by the military architect Vauban, who created an elaborate system of towers, casemates, curtains and counterscarps.”
      “Homer mentions such structures at Troy, Thebes, and Calydon, and is also familiar with casemates and battlements.”
casements
  1. plural of casement
  2. Synonyms:
  3. Examples:
    1. “A smithy was also set up where Frank Baldwin produced all the window casements, hinges, and other metalwork.”
      “Through arched doors and lead-framed casements appear bridged lanes and castellated walls.”
      “The opening casements were also taped along the junction between the casement and the opening light.”
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