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A piece of cloth designed to be worn around the waist.
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A decorative length of cloth worn over the shoulder to the opposite hip, often for ceremonial or other formal occasions.
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The opening part (casement) of a window usually containing the glass panes, hinged to the jamb, or sliding up and down as in a sash window.
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A draggable vertical or horizontal bar used to adjust the relative sizes of two adjacent windows.
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In a sawmill, the rectangular frame in which the saw is strained and by which it is carried up and down with a reciprocating motion; the gate.
Examples of sashes in a Sentence
Among the industries of Belfast are trade with the surrounding country, the manufacture of shoes, leather boards, axes, and sashes, doors and blinds, and the building and repairing of boats.
The manufacture of planing mill products, including sashes, doors and blinds, was an important industry, the products being valued in 1905 at $5,173,422.
The heating and ventilating arrangements are much the same as in the lean-to, only the top sashes which open are on the back slope, and therefore do not interfere so much with the vines on the front slope.
There are no upright front sashes, but to facilitate ventilation there are ventilators d in the front wall, and the upper roof sashes are made to move up to FIG.
But little can be done in the northern states except to prepare manure, and get sashes, tools, &c., in working order; but in sections of the country where there is little or no frost the hardier kinds of seeds and plants may be sown and planted, such as asparagus, cabbage, cauliflower, carrot, leek, lettuce, onion, parsnip, peas, spinach, turnip, &c. In any section where these seeds can be sown in open ground, it is an indication that hotbeds may be started for the sowing of such tender vegetables as tomatoes, egg and pepper plants, &c.; though, unless in the extreme southern states, hotbeds should not be started before the beginning or middle of February.
Mid C20 central doorway flanked by single triple sashes.
Burlington is the most important manufacturing centre in the state; among its manufactures are sashes, doors and blinds, boxes, furniture and wooden-ware, cotton and woollen goods, patent medicines, refrigerators, house furnishings, paper and machinery.
In 1905 the city's factory products were valued at $6,355,754, three-tenths of which was the value of lumber and planing mill products, including sashes, doors and blinds.
The upper sashes may also be made to lift, and are in many respects more convenient to operate.
In any case the front trellis should stop conveniently short of the top of the sashes if there are trees against the back wall, in order to admit light to them.
In order to emulate them, they often wore sashes and regalia like the ones seen here, emulating groups such as the Royal Order of Foresters or the Masons.
The windows are 12 light sashes with lugged stone architraves.
Japanese women usually carried their small personal accessories in their kimono sleeves, or tucked them into their wide kimono sashes.
Windows are 12-pane 2-light side-sliding sashes, apart from that to left-hand bay to ground floor which is sash with glazing bars.
Upper windows are 16 light sashes to first floor.
On the other hand, among the Africans of Punt the waistcloth passes from each knee to the opposite thigh, and two sashes hang down to conceal the parts where they intersect (Miller, r08).
In Bali, waist sashes should be worn when visiting temples.
Gone are the days of puffy shoulder pads and wide sashes, today's bridesmaids' dresses are sleek and streamlined, many of which can be worn again.
Check to find matching sashes or bodices.
From hot pink sashes to varying lengths of layers, a bride going for the punk style will truly live it up when it comes to her wedding apparel.
Contemporary colored wedding dresses feature satin sashes, embroidery, and crystals in wedding hues.
Belts and sashes also add to the flair of a good coat - witness the lovely J Crew coats worn by the Obama daughters for Inauguration Day.
You can get large sashes and matching headbands and cardigans.
Choose contrasting sashes in silk or satin to add to a satin or velvet dress.
Removable embellishments like bows, sashes, and other decorative touches make transitioning an outfit easy and simple.
Add color and interest with details such as mesh or glitter overlays, folded or ruched waistline sashes, enormous bows, pleated skirts, and attached crinolines and underskirts.
The lines I carry and brands I work with have a multitude of styles each season and the ability to customize by choosing different sashes, flowers and other embellishments.
As soon as the plants are fairly established the sashes are removed (unless the weather is frosty), and throughout the summer the plants are well supplied with water.
For fancy occasions, details like deep necklines, satin sashes and asymmetrical hemlines lend the dress a special feel.
Dress sashes can dramatically impact the look of any dress whether it is a casual day-time dress, a little black dress or a wedding gown.
No matter what type of sash you decide to use, dress sashes are an easy way to update nearly any type of dress, while drawing emphasis to the waistline and creating a more flattering silhouette on the body.
Cinched waistlines often feature wide sashes or another decorative element, such as a bow.
Whether a woman wears a simple, non-ornamented dress, or a multicolored one with sashes and gold trim, there are yards and yards of fabric composing it.
Girls can wear their Girl Scout membership pins on their uniform sashes or vests and display other pins as well.
Pins can be displayed on sashes or vests, as can project awards and other insignia.
Cramped and cluttered spaces will wrinkle and eventually damage some fabrics, and you will fall victim to crumpled collars, squished sashes, and many other fashion faux pas simply by not having enough space.
There are no sashes to bother with when wearing this style.
Saks Fifth Avenue carries high-end robes that cost a little more but have nice features like self-tying sashes and deep pockets.
Perhaps it is better said, the unifying factor lies in basic articles of clothing, rather than in color and caps, sashes, and other items that make up the American Girl Scout look.
In addition to vests and sashes, official clothing items include sparkling and in-style T-shirts, hooded jackets, sweatshirts and drawstring pants.
Scouts who wear sashes or vests place the patches on their uniform.
They require the same culture as the more familiar garden varieties; but, as some of them are apt to suffer from excess of moisture, it is advisable to plant them in prepared soil in a raised pit, where they are brought nearer to the eye, and where they can be sheltered when necessary by glazed sashes, which, however, should not be closed except when the plants are at rest, or during inclement weather in order to protect the blossoms, especially in the case of winter flowering species.
Antigo is the centre of a good farming and lumbering district, and its manufactures consist principally of lumber,chairs,furniture,sashes,doors and blinds, hubs and spokes, and other wood products.
The city has an important trade in fruit, and has various manufactures, including paper, fruit packages, baskets, motor boats, gasolene launches, automobile supplies, hosiery and knit goods, air guns and sashes and blinds.
The side walls are surmounted by short upright sashes which open outwards by machinery a, and the roof is provided with sliding upper sashes for top ventilation.
In this house the principal part of the roof is a fixture, ventilation being provided for by small lifting sashes against the back wall, and by the upright front sashes being hung on a pivot so as to swing outwards on the lower side.
A width of 7 or 8 ft., with the glass slope continued down to within a foot or two of the ground, and without any upright front sashes, will be suitable for such a house, which may also be conveniently divided into compartments of from 30 to 50 ft.
For many plants this under current of ventilation would be exceedingly beneficial, especially when cold winds prevented the sashes from being opened.
In the forcing-houses, where the crops are past, part of the sashes may be removed, so as to permit thorough ventilation.
Remove the snow that accumulates on cold frames or other glass structures, particularly if the soil which the glass covers was not frozen before the snow fell; it may remain on the sashes longer if the plants are frozen in, since they are dormant, and would not be injured if deprived of light for eight or ten days.