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sash weight

noun

  1. a counterweight to a vertically sliding window sash.


sash weight

noun

  1. a weight used to counterbalance the weight of a sliding sash in a sash window and thus hold it in position at any height
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012
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Word 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.

Much broken glass and a couple of sash weights fastened to ends of rotten sash cord lay upon the floor.

No. 2 box latches, sash fastenings, sash weights, to fix 4 in.

It opened with a slither of wood and a rumble of sash weights.

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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