sash

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  1. noun A band or ribbon worn about the waist as part of one's clothing or over the shoulder as a symbol of rank.
  2. transitive verb To put a band or ribbon about (the waist).
  3. noun A frame in which the panes of a window or door are set.

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  1. Arabic šāš, muslin; akin to Hebrew šēš, byssus, fine linen, both probably from Egyptian šs, linen.
  2. Alteration of French châssis, frame (taken as pl.); see chassis.

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  1. from French châssis, sash, or more prob. directly from the orig. of châssis, namely Old French chasse, French châsse, a case, frame, from Latin capsa, a box, case: see case, chase, and cash, doublets of sash.
  2. from sash, n.
  3. Formerly also shash; from Persian shast, shest, a girdle, also a thumb-stall worn by archers, a plectrum.
 

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