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casement|ˈkeɪsmənt, ˈkeɪz-|
Also 5 casment, 6 casemund, cazement, 7 kesment.
[app. ad. med.L. casamentum, in It. casamento a building or house-frame; cf. OF. enchacement ‘cadre’; or ? of Eng. formation, from case n.2 or v.2 Sense 1 is perh. a distinct word.]
1. Arch.
a. A hollow moulding, a cavetto, not exceeding a quarter-round; = casemate 2.
1430Lydg. Chron. Troy ii. xi, The ryche coyning, the lusty tablementes, Uinettes ronning in casementes. a1490Botoner in Gwilt Archit. 928 [Names of mouldings on sketch], A cors wythoute; a casement, a bowtelle..a casement wyth Levys..a casment wyth trayler of Levys. 1660H. Bloome Archit. A a, Scotia, a hollow casement. 1677Moxon Mech. Exerc. (1703) 268 A Cavetto, or Casement. 1875Gwilt Archit. §2531 The cavetto..By workmen it is frequently called a casement.
b. The matrix cut in stone to receive a monumental brass.
1454in Dugdale Antiq. Warwicksh. (1656) 354/1 Either of the said long plates for writing shall be in bredth to fill justly the casements provided therefore. 1890J. T. Fowler in Proc. Soc. Antiq. XIII. 34 It has been proposed to revive ‘casement’, an equally good word at one time in use. 1891W. H. St. J. Hope Ibid. 213 Beneath the figure is the casement of the inscription. 1903Yorks. Archaeol. Jrnl. 307 The top slab with the casement of the brass taken up and inserted in the north wall.
2. a. A frame or sash forming a window or part of a window, opening on hinges attached to the upright side of the frame in which it is fixed. (The usual sense.) From the early pronunciation popular etymology made a form gase-, gazement.
1556J. Heywood Spider & Fl. xcvii. 5 Ech copweb..she full defaces: No wem seene in casemunds, nor casemund cases. 1575Turberv. Venerie xxxv. 91 Where casements neede not opened be. 1590Shakes. Mids. N. iii. i. 57 Why then may you leaue a casement of the great chamber window open. 1595Barnfield Cassandra iii, Through her light cazements cleare, He [Phœbus] stole a kisse. 1620Venner Via Recta Introd. 5. 1662 J. Bargrave Pope Alex. VII (1867) 132 The kesment being taken away, or a pannel of glass broken. 1704Worlidge Dict. Rust et Urb. s.v. Green-Houses, Some use Glass-doors, Casements, or Chases. 1722De Foe Plague (1884) 138, I seldom opened the Casements. 1822W. Irving Braceb. Hall i. 5 When I throw open my jingling casement. 1879Sir G. Scott Lect. Archit. I. 229 If a window were beyond the width of a single casement, a small pillar was often interposed.
†b. App. used by Gerbier for window-frame.
1662Gerbier Princ. 18 Windows to be fitted in woodden Casements. 1663― Counsel 95 Shutters..framed..to the witdth and height of the stone casement of the window.
c. fig. (cf. window.)
1642R. Carpenter Experiences vi. vii. 182 Hee that hath set the Casements of his curious eyes wide open to vanitie. 1691Ray Creation ii. (R.) By these casements enter in adulterous thoughts in the mind. 1696J. Edwards Existence & Provid. God ii. 29 The clear and pellucid casements of the body to let light in.
3.
†a. ? = case n.2 I. Obs.
1668Lanc. Wills (1884) 165, I give to my Grand-child..one great Cupboard and a little one wch wee call a casement.
b. Casing, covering.
1689Swift Ode to Temple, Some ('tis said) for their defence Have worn a casement o'er their skin. 1862Lytton Str. Story 13 The mailed knight..in his casement of iron.
4. Fortif. ? Corruption of casemate.
1772T. Simes Mil. Guide, Casement, is a bomb-proof work made under the rampart.
5. attrib. as casement pane, casement window; casement cloth, a fabric (spec. a cotton or mock-linen cloth) used primarily for casement curtains, but also as a dress material, etc.; so casement fabric, which is of wider application; casement curtain, a curtain made to fit a casement window; casement flux, the orig. name of casement cloth (in the spec. sense).
1903Popular Fallacy (Heal & Son) (back cover), Pattern books of..printed cottons, printed linens and woollen casement cloths. 1908Home Chat 6 June 572/2 Linen, or casement cloth, employed as concluding note to a skirt of the same. 1932Manchester Guardian 28 Jan. 15/7 Furnishing and casement cloths have been in rather better demand. 1957Encycl. Brit. VI. 572/1 Casement cloth, flat, lustrous, British curtain fabric.
1830Tennyson Mariana ii, She drew her casement-curtain by. 1910Daily Chron. 5 Apr. 9/4 Our windows are furnished with casement curtains. 1912Queen 27 July 180/2 Patterns of Sundour casement fabrics and washing materials. 1920Home Chat 4 Dec. 428 Casement Fabrics made to measure.
1903Popular Fallacy (Heal & Son) (back cover), Casement flux: 36 ins. wide.
1805Wordsw. Waggoner i. 76 Those casement panes.
1789Mrs. Piozzi Journ. France II. 120 We have got the little casement windows clean.
Hence ˈcasemented a., furnished with casements.
1841Hor. Smith Moneyed Man I. iii. 51 Its panelled rooms, and casemented windows. 1885T. Mozley Remin. Towns, Vill. & Schools 343 A large irregular room..with little casemented windows. |