casements

Shylock prefers the literal word of 'casements' - windows - to the metaphoric 'ears'.

Shakespeare Bevington, David 2002

As he softly opened the door which led into the Long Gallery he found he was not alone: leaning against one of the casements was a female.

Vivian Grey Benjamin Disraeli 1842

There was no little rivalry in the matter of interior embellishments; those skilled in the use of implements took great pride in hewing out and adding more or less elaborate ornamentation to the facades of their habitations, -- such as casements, door-posts and capitals, awnings, porches, and so forth.

West Wind Drift George Barr McCutcheon 1897

Nearly as good are "casements" or awning-style windows that crank open and closed.

unknown title 2008

Not everything here is tumescent: Théo van Rysselberghe's seascape "Big Clouds" (1893) is a bit of Seurat pointillism on the Danube, and in Klimt's "Forester House in Weissenbach on the Attersee" (1912), the open casements are painted with Van Gogh's flamelike passion.

Modernism's Austrian Rebels Barrymore Laurence Scherer 2011

Large casements set into the top of the eastern arc of the room provided the only illumination, most brightly at a specific time of day, shortly after dawn.

Star Trek: Typhon Pact: Rough Beasts of Empire David R. George III 2011

Large casements set into the top of the eastern arc of the room provided the only illumination, most brightly at a specific time of day, shortly after dawn.

Star Trek: Typhon Pact: Rough Beasts of Empire David R. George III 2011

At the sound of a distance whine, Banford dropped back into cover, barely ahead of the muffled, distant whump that shook plaster from the ceiling and blew in dirt through the empty casements.

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Large casements set into the top of the eastern arc of the room provided the only illumination, most brightly at a specific time of day, shortly after dawn.

Star Trek: Typhon Pact: Rough Beasts of Empire David R. George III 2011

Large casements set into the top of the eastern arc of the room provided the only illumination, most brightly at a specific time of day, shortly after dawn.

Star Trek: Typhon Pact: Rough Beasts of Empire David R. George III 2011