sash

American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition

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

Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia

1. n. The framed part of a window, in which the glass is fixed; also, a similar part of a greenhouse, etc. In windows they either open and shut vertically, or are hung upon hinges so as to swing open like doors. The former are called sliding sashes, and the latter French sashes, or casements.
2. n. The frame in which a saw is put to prevent its bending or buckling when crowded into the cut.
3. To furnish with sash-windows.
4. n. A long band or roll of silk, fine linen, or gauze, wound round the head by Orientals in the manner of a turban; also, in modern times, a band or scarf worn over the shoulder or round the waist for ornament. Sashes are worn by women and children (less frequently by men), and by military officers as badges of distinction, and are a regular part of certain costumes. They are usually of silk, variously made and ornamented.
5. To dress or ornament with a sash or sashes.

Wiktionary

1. n. A decorative length of cloth worn as a broad belt or over the shoulder, often for ceremonial or other formal occasions.
2. n. The opening part of a window usually containing the glass panes, hinged to the jamb, or sliding up and down as in a sash window.
3. n. software, graphical user interface A draggable vertical or horizontal bar used to adjust the relative sizes of two adjacent windows.

GNU Webster's 1913

1. n. A scarf or band worn about the waist, over the shoulder, or otherwise; a belt; a girdle, -- worn by women and children as an ornament; also worn as a badge of distinction by military officers, members of societies, etc.
2. v. To adorn with a sash or scarf.
3. n. The framing in which the panes of glass are set in a glazed window or door, including the narrow bars between the panes.
4. n. In a sawmill, the rectangular frame in which the saw is strained and by which it is carried up and down with a reciprocating motion; -- also called gate.
5. v. To furnish with a sash or sashes.

WordNet 3.0

1. n. a band of material around the waist that strengthens a skirt or trousers
2. n. a framework that holds the panes of a window in the window frame