casement

• POS: Noun
• HYPHEN: Case=ment

CIDE DICTIONARY

casement, n. [Shortened fr. encasement. See Incase 1st Case, and cf. Incasement.].

 A window sash opening on hinges affixed to the upright side of the frame into which it is fitted. (Poetically) A window.  [1913 Webster]
"A casement of the great chamber window."  [1913 Webster]

OXFORD DICTIONARY

casement, n.
1 a window or part of a window hinged vertically to open like a door.
2 poet. a window.

Etymology

ME f. AL cassimentum f. cassa CASE(2)

THESAURUS

casement

bay, bay window, bow window, cadre, case, casement window, casing, chassis, doorframe, fabric, fan window, fanlight, frame, framework, framing, grille, lancet window, lantern, lattice, latticework, light, louver window, oriel, pane, picture frame, picture window, port, porthole, rose window, sash, shell, skeleton, skylight, transom, wicket, window, window bay, window case, window frame, window glass, windowpane

ROGET THESAURUS

casement

Opening

N opening, hole, foramen, puncture, perforation, fontanel, transforation, pinhole, keyhole, loophole, porthole, peephole, mousehole, pigeonhole, eye of a needle, eyelet, slot, opening, aperture, apertness, hiation, yawning, oscitancy, dehiscence, patefaction, pandiculation, chasm, embrasure, window, casement, abatjour, light, sky light, fan light, lattice, bay window, bow window, oriel, dormer, lantern, outlet, inlet, vent, vomitory, embouchure, orifice, mouth, sucker, muzzle, throat, gullet, weasand, wizen, nozzle, placket, portal, porch, gate, ostiary, postern, wicket, trapdoor, hatch, door, arcade, cellarway, driveway, gateway, doorway, hatchway, gangway, lich gate, way, path, thoroughfare, channel, passage, passageway, tube, pipe, water pipe, air pipe, vessel, tubule, canal, gut, fistula, adjutage, ajutage, ostium, smokestack, chimney, flue, tap, funnel, gully, tunnel, main, mine, pit, adit, shaft, gallery, alley, aisle, glade, vista, bore, caliber, pore, blind orifice, fulgurite, thundertube, porousness, porosity, sieve, cullender, colander, cribble, riddle, screen, honeycomb, apertion, perforation, piercing, terebration, empalement, pertusion, puncture, acupuncture, penetration, key, opener, master key, password, combination, passe- partout, open, perforated, perforate, wide open, ajar, unclosed, unstopped, oscitant, gaping, yawning, patent, tubular, cannular, fistulous, pervious, permeable, foraminous, vesicular, vasicular, porous, follicular, cribriform, honeycombed, infundibular, riddled, tubulous, tubulated, piped, tubate, opening, aperient, Int, open sesame!.