window casen.
/ˈwɪndə(ʊ) keɪs/, U.S. /ˈwɪndoʊ ˌkeɪs/ 1. A window frame.
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society > inhabiting and dwelling > inhabited place > a building > parts of building > window or door > parts of windows > [noun] > window-frame
form1463
case1517
window frame1627
gasement1628
window case1660
casement1662
sash1681
chassis1691
Venetian frame1833
1660 J. Childrey Britannia Baconica 73 At the middle of the passage is a door and entrance into a Chappel, with Window Cases on each side of the door, if I remember right.
1663 B. Gerbier Counsel to Builders 44 Well proportioned window-cases.
1766 J. Entick Surv. London in New Hist. London IV. 185 With window-cases, handsomely ornamented.
1884 J. T. Bent in Macmillan's Mag. Oct. 432/1 The facings and window cases of all the houses are of marble.
1911 W. M. Raine Mavericks xiv. 185 There was a neat hole through the framework of the window case, showing where the bullet had plowed.
2014 L. Leveen Juliet's Nurse i. ii. 24 Two small hands appear on the bottom of the window-case. The child vaults himself into the chamber.
2. A display case in which the objects on display are sealed behind panes of glass.
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1680 True Narr. Confession & Execution of Fifteen Prisoners at Tyburn 2 The Evidence affirmed, that he saw the Prisoner with a Window-case upon his Shoulders, that night the Burglary was committed.
1898 L. Fletcher Introd. Study Rocks 113 The specimens..are arranged in the window-cases as follows.
2009 Art Educ. 62 iii. 34/1 A three-dimensional object is placed on a pedestal in a window case, with labels giving limited, often inadequate, information to help viewers understand cultural artifacts.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2016; most recently modified version published online December 2021).
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