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sash weight
noun
- a counterweight to a vertically sliding window sash.
sash weight
noun
- a weight used to counterbalance the weight of a sliding sash in a sash window and thus hold it in position at any height
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yvlog History and Origins
Origin of sash weight1
First recorded in 1730–40
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Example Sentences
Shortly after this, I heard the slap and slam of sash weights as SanJuanna threw open the parlor windows beneath my room.
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Much broken glass and a couple of sash weights fastened to ends of rotten sash cord lay upon the floor.
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No. 2 box latches, sash fastenings, sash weights, to fix 4 in.
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It opened with a slither of wood and a rumble of sash weights.
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Tied to a rope he was and hanging out there over nothing for about fifteen minutes—he must have looked like a sash weight.
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