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French window
noun
- a pair of casement windows extending to the floor and serving as portals, especially from a room to an outside porch or terrace.
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Word History and Origins
Origin of French window1
First recorded in 1795–1805
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Example Sentences
So she took her needlework into the study and prepared to spend a quiet hour or so in the armchair facing the French-window.
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Only the French-window of the back dining-room stood open, on to the flight of wrought-iron steps leading down into the garden.
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And taking from him the knife and napkin, she opened the French-window, and passed out on to the lawn.
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Then, having locked the front door and the french window of the sitting-room, they proceeded again to the cellar.
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At that moment there was a quick, curt rap on the french window, and both Racksole and the Prince glanced round startled.
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