sash
sash Lexical Profile
sash Game Scores & Validity
• noun
A long band or scarf worn over one shoulder or around the waist, typically as part of a uniform, official dress, or decorative attire.
"The beauty pageant winner proudly wore a silk sash bearing the name of her home state."
The frame holding the glass in a window, often designed to slide vertically or horizontally.
"She carefully stripped the old paint off the wooden sash of the double-hung window."
• verb
To adorn or equip someone with a decorative band or scarf.
"The newly elected mayor was sashed during the official inauguration ceremony."
To furnish a window opening with a glass-holding frame.
"The carpenter arrived early to sash the remaining windows in the newly constructed house."
• Rhymes for sash
Word Origin & Etymology
The word has two completely distinct origins. 'Sash' referring to a cloth band is derived from the Arabic 'šāš' (muslin or turban), entering English in the late 16th century. 'Sash' referring to a window frame comes from the French 'châssis' (frame), first recorded in English in the late 17th century.
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