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Webster 1913 Edition
Sash
Sash
,Noun.
[Pers.
shast
a sort of girdle.] A scarf or band worn about the waist, over the shoulder, or otherwise; a belt; a girdle, – worn by women and children as an ornament; also worn as a badge of distinction by military officers, members of societies, etc.
Sash
,Verb.
T.
To adorn with a sash or scarf.
Burke.
Sash
,Noun.
1.
The framing in which the panes of glass are set in a glazed window or door, including the narrow bars between the panes.
2.
In a sawmill, the rectangular frame in which the saw is strained and by which it is carried up and down with a reciprocating motion; – also called
gate
. French sash
, a casement swinging on hinges; – in distinction from a vertical sash sliding up and down.
Sash
,Verb.
T.
[
imp. & p. p.
Sashed
; p. pr. & vb. n.
Sashing
.] To furnish with a sash or sashes;
as, to
. sash
a door or a windowWebster 1828 Edition
Sash
SASH
,Noun.
1.
A belt worn for ornament. Sashes are worn by military officers as badges of distinction, round the waist or over the shoulders. They are usually of silk, variously made and ornamented.2.
The frame of a window in which the lights or panes of glass are set.She ventures now to lift the sash.
Definition 2024
sash
sash
English
Noun
sash (plural sashes)
- A piece of cloth designed to be worn around the waist.
- A decorative length of cloth worn over the shoulder to the opposite hip, often for ceremonial or other formal occasions.
- One of the sliding panels on a sash window.
Synonyms
Translations
decorative length of cloth
Verb
sash (third-person singular simple present sashes, present participle sashing, simple past and past participle sashed)
- (transitive) To adorn with a sash or scarf.
- (Can we find and add a quotation of Burke to this entry?)
Etymology 2
[circa 1680] From sashes, from French châssis (“frame (of a window or door)”), taken as a plural and -s trimmed off by 1704. See also chassis.
Noun
sash (plural sashes)
- The opening part of a window usually containing the glass panes, hinged to the jamb, or sliding up and down as in a sash window.
- (software, graphical user interface) A draggable vertical or horizontal bar used to adjust the relative sizes of two adjacent windows.
- In a sawmill, the rectangular frame in which the saw is strained and by which it is carried up and down with a reciprocating motion; the gate.
Synonyms
- (GUI): splitter
Translations
opening part of a window