Sash

Webster's Dictionary of the English Language

·vt To adorn with a sash or scarf.

II. Sash ·vt To furnish with a sash or sashes; as, to sash a door or a window.

III. Sash ·noun The framing in which the panes of glass are set in a glazed window or door, including the narrow bars between the panes.

IV. Sash ·noun 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.

V. Sash ·noun 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.

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