pocket piece

noun

1. (in a window frame) a removable part of a pulley stile permitting access to sash weights.

Word History and Origins

Origin of pocket piece¹

First recorded in 1700–10

Example Sentences

“Numismatic researchers widely agree that it is almost certainly George Washington’s own pocket piece,” Halperin said.

From Reuters

There go four dollars' worth of dough and my pocket piece.

From Project Gutenberg

Mr. Braddy, after some fumbling, produced the dollar, a dog-eared wallet, a tin watch, a patent cigar cutter, a pocket piece from a pickle exhibit at the World's Fair in Chicago, and some cigar coupons.

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"Hold," said I, "there is Queen Ann's Pocket Piece, as it is called, it will soon be opposite, and then we'll show them what we can do."

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One, called "Queen Ann's Pocket Piece" still preserved at Dover, is twenty-five feet long and carries a ball only twenty-five pounds in weight.

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