sash

noun

/sæʃ/

Etymology

From sashes, from French châssis (“frame (of a window or door)”), taken as a plural and -s trimmed off by the late 17th century. See also chassis.

borrowed from شَاش

Definitions

A piece of cloth designed to be worn around the waist.
A decorative length of cloth worn over the shoulder to the opposite hip, often for…
A decorative length of cloth worn over the shoulder to the opposite hip, often for ceremonial or other formal occasions.
3
Alternative spelling of shash (“the scarf of a turban”).
- So much for the ſilk in Judea called Sheſh in Hebrevv, vvhence haply, that fine linen or ſilk is called Shaſhes vvorn at this day about the heads of eaſtern people.
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1. To adorn with a sash.
2. 5
  The opening part of a window, usually containing the glass panes
  The opening part of a window, usually containing the glass panes; either hinged to the jamb, or sliding up and down as in a sash window.
  - Near-synonym: casement
  - One Morning he pulls off his Diamond Ring, and vvrites upon the Glaſs of the Saſh in my Chamber this Line, You I Love, and you alone.
  - 1823, Clement Clarke Moore, “Account of a Visit from St. Nicholas” (“The Night before Christmas”), Away to the window I flew like a flash, Tore open the shutters, and threw up the sash.
3. A draggable vertical or horizontal bar used to adjust the relative sizes of two adjacent…
  A draggable vertical or horizontal bar used to adjust the relative sizes of two adjacent windows.
4. The rectangular frame in which the saw is strained and by which it is carried up and down…
  The rectangular frame in which the saw is strained and by which it is carried up and down with a reciprocating motion; the gate.
5. 8
  A window-like part of a fume hood which can be moved up and down in order to create a…
  A window-like part of a fume hood which can be moved up and down in order to create a barrier between chemicals and people.
  - Each hood is equipped with two sliding sashes, glazed with polished plate wire-glass; […]
  - […] it [fume hood] also affords an excellent physical barrier on all four sides of a reacting system when the sash is pulled down.
6. 9
  To furnish with a sash.
  - The old Bow-windows he will have preserv'd, but will not have them sash’d,

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Derived

besashed, lap sash seatbelt, sash belt, sashery, undersash, unsash, French sash, sash cord, sash door, sashless, sash weight, sash window

Vish — recursive loop

A definitional loop anchored at sash. Each word in the ring is defined by the next; follow the chain far enough and it folds back on itself. Scroll to it and watch.

A definitional loop anchored at sash. Each word in the ring appears in the definition of the next; follow the chain far enough and it folds back on itself.

5 hops · closes at sash

curated · pre-corpus. live cycle detection across the full graph is the next major milestone.

sense glosses and etymology drawn from English Wiktionary · source · CC-BY-SA