sash
pronunciation
How to pronounce sash in British English:
UK [sæʃ]
How to pronounce sash in American English:
US [sæʃ]
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- Noun:
- a framework that holds the panes of a window in the window frame
- a band of material around the waist that strengthens a skirt or trousers
Word Origin
- sash
- sash: The sash you wear [16] and the sash that goes in a window [17] are distinct words. The former comes from Arabic shāsh ‘turban’, and that is exactly how English first acquired it: ‘All of them wear on their heads white shashes and turbans, the badge of their religion’, George Sandys, Travels 1615. But the Arabic word also denoted a strip of muslin or other material from which such turbans were constructed, and it is that application that led towards the end of the 17th century to the current sense of the English word.The altered form sash appeared around the same time. Sash ‘window-frame’ was originally chassis, an early borrowing of French chassis ‘frame’ (it was acquired again in the sense ‘frame of a carriage’ in the 19th century). This evolved to shashes, and in due course came to be regarded as a plural form, so a new singular sash emerged. French chassis itself goes back ultimately to Latin capsa ‘box’, source of English capsule, case, etc.=> capsule, case, chassis
- sash (n.1)
- strip of cloth, 1590s, originally in reference to Oriental dress, "strip of cloth twisted into a turban," from Arabic shash "muslin cloth." Meaning "strip of cloth worn about the waist or over the shoulder" first recorded 1680s.
- sash (n.2)
- framed part of a window, 1680s, sashes, mangled Englishing of French châssis "frame" of a window or door (see chassis). French word taken as a plural and -s trimmed off by 1704. Sash-weight attested from 1737.
Example
- 1. They 've made the presidential sash for the last five presidents .
- 2. Federico franco , his vice-president and a former ally , appeared before the cameras wearing the presidential sash .
- 3. As for that sassy green sash running down the pons / spinal column / dude-holding-god-up , it follows the path of the vertebral artery perfectly .
- 4. One point we find curious in this photo from 1879 is the sash tied around the outside of the girl 's arms .
- 5. But she had asked the landlord two days ago if all the windows could be checked , both the sash locks and the weather stripping .