Casement

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Hastings' Dictionary of the Bible [1]

Casement . Only   Proverbs 7:6 AV [Note: Authorized Version.]; RV [Note: Revised Version.] ‘lattice,’ as   Judges 5:28 , where the same word is used in both places parallel to ‘window.’ Cf. also the Heb. text of Sir 42:11 ‘Let there be no lattice to the room where thy daughter dwells.’ See, further, House, § 7 .

King James Dictionary [2]

CASEMENT, n.

1. A hollow molding, usually one sixth or one fourth of a circle. 2. A little movable window, usually within a large, made to turn and open on hinges.

Webster's Dictionary [3]

(n.) A window sash opening on hinges affixed to the upright side of the frame into which it is fitted. (Poetically) A window.

Holman Bible Dictionary [4]

 Proverbs 7:6 Judges 5:28

Easton's Bible Dictionary [5]

 Proverbs 7:6 Judges 5:28

Morrish Bible Dictionary [6]

A lattice window for the admission of air.  Proverbs 7:6 .

Cyclopedia of Biblical, Theological and Ecclesiastical Literature [7]

( אֶשְׁנָב , Eshnab ´ ,  Proverbs 7:6; "lattice,"  Judges 5:28), a kind of barrier of open-work, placed before windows in the East, which, being usually open in summer down to the floor, require some such defense. (See House).

(1) a frame enclosing part of the glazing of a window, with hinges to open and shut.

(2) An old English name for the deep hollow molding, similar to the Scotia of Italian architecture, which is extremely prevalent in Gothic architecture, in cornices) door and window-jambs, etc., especially in the Perpendicular style, and which is frequently enriched with running patterns foliage.

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