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casement

ca·se·ment

uncommon

noun

1.

a window shash that is hinged (usually on one side)

Origin

Reduced Anglicized form of Irish Mac Asmuint (“son of Asmund”), a personal name derived from Old Norse Asmundr, which is composed by the elements áss (“god”) + mundr (“protection”).

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