jan 1, 1676 - casement

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A frame of a window or part of a window, opening on hinges attached to the upright side of the frame (OED). 1565 <i>j stancyon of iron and a barre, vj casements of iron for windowes</i>, Knaresborough (SS26/178); 1612 <i>1 East glasse window with 2 iron casements & sneckes finely wrought</i>, Brafferton (NYRO44/34); 1676-7 <i>his son and his hostler are frequently out of his howse at unseasonable tymes of the night and coms in over the topp of the howse and creeps in at a casement when the doores are locked</i>, Halifax (QS1).

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