An opening in a wall, to look through, or to allow the passage of a missile; a loophole.

A window that can be opened and shut by turning on its hinges, like a door or shutter, a casement; a shutter with a few panes of glass at the top…

a window in the gable (senses 1a 2) of a building.

batement light, an upper window or opening with a sloping or curved sill, i.e. abated or cut off at the low end to accommodate the curve of an…

A window of a church.

= shot-window, n. Scottish ? Obsolete.

A vertically hinged frame containing glass, forming (part of) a window. Hence (more generally): a window.

A slit or opening in an external wall of a building. Cf. loophole, n.1 1a, 2.

A casement.

a sliding window or window shutter; a sash window.

A similar opening to look through, or for the admission of light and air.

each of the turreted lights at the head of a late Gothic or Perpendicular window.

In plural. Windows placed on opposite sides of a room, so that the light passes right through. In early use also: apertures in a door admitting…

A slit or narrow opening in a building. Cf. squint, n. 5.

= tower-window n. at tower, n.1 compounds 5.

A straight and narrow cut or incision; an aperture resembling a cut of this description. A long narrow aperture in a wall; a window of this form…

windows which close.

? a window opening on to a gutter.

A window opening on to the street. Obsolete.

attributive, as in balcony-chamber, balcony-door, balcony-window.

esp. clere-story window: see quots.

A window, apartment, passage, etc., of an elongated form.

an opening in a wall, perhaps to allow the passage of air; cf. loop, n.2

elliptical. A Venetian window. Obsolete.

(see quot. 1842).

A window in the side of a vehicle, ship, building, etc. Also: an opening in the side of a lamp.

a high and narrow window terminating in a lancet arch.

(a) a window turning upon a vertical edge attached to the jamb; (b) = French window n.

see quot. 1877.

Architecture. A window of two lights.

a window in a spire.

Short for lancet arch n., lancet light n., lancet window n.

a window or hole in a tower.

In various specific uses. Architecture. A window of three lights.

a window with two lights; cf. light, n.1 9a.

a window next to a fireplace in the corner of a room.

Architecture. coupled columns: columns disposed in pairs close together, with wider intervals between the pairs. coupled windows: windows placed…

(a) adj. having three lights: see light, n.1 8a; also elliptical; (b) n. ‘a chandelier or candelabrum with three lamps for candles’ (Cent. Dict.…

A window, esp. in a roof, that faces north.

(a) = storm-head window n.; (b) an outer window to protect the inner from the effects of storms (Cassell 1888); (c) North American a detachable…

transferred and figurative. Taken or used at second-hand, not one's own; assumed, counterfeit, ‘put on’; adopted or adapted for the nonce. borrowed…

a proprietary name for an openable double-glazed window unit.

In plural elliptical for storm windows. North American.