casement

noun
🔊/ˈkeɪsmənt/
🔊/ˈkeɪsmənt/
(also casement window)
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  1. a window that opens on hinges like a door平开窗;竖铰链窗;门式窗
    Topics Buildingsc2
    Oxford Collocations DictionaryCasement is used before these nouns:
    • window
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    Word Originlate Middle English (as an architectural term denoting a hollow moulding): from Anglo-Latin cassimentum, from cassa, from Latin capsa, related to capere ‘to hold’.