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the window that swings out to grab the breeze instead of just watching it pass
means A window hinged at the side so it swings open like a door, rather than sliding up and down.
from From Middle English and Anglo-French, related to a shortened form of 'encasement' — the idea of a frame that encases or boxes in the glass. It traces back through Latin 'capsa' (a box or case), the same root that gives us 'case' itself; a casement is, quite literally, the window set in its little box of a frame.
- hinged side
- Pivots vertically like a tiny door for air
- shakespeare loved it
- Quoted casements in plays and poetry repeatedly
- sealing champ
- Pressure shuts them tighter than sliding windows
- crank powered
- A handle winds the sash open and closed
for instance
roger casement — irish nationalist hanged by britain in 1916 for seeking german support during easter rising
casement window — hinged window type that opens outward, common in modern architecture and older buildings