'French sash' definitions:

Definition of 'French sash'

From: GCIDE
  • Sash \Sash\, n. [F. ch[^a]ssis a frame, sash, fr. ch[^a]sse a shrine, reliquary, frame, L. capsa. See Case a box.]
  • 1. The framing in which the panes of glass are set in a glazed window or door, including the narrow bars between the panes. [1913 Webster]
  • 2. 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. [1913 Webster]
  • French sash, a casement swinging on hinges; -- in distinction from a vertical sash sliding up and down. [1913 Webster]