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Glossary

CASEMENT

a window sash that opens on hinges at the sides.
CLERESTORY a wall of a room or of a building that rises above the roof and contains windows.
FANLIGHT a semicircular window (often placed above a door or another window).
FENESTRATION the arrangement and design of windows and doors in a building.
LIGHT an opening in a window.
MUNTIN a strip separating panes of glass in a sash.
PANE a piece of glass in a window.
SASH the framework of a window in which panes of glass are set.
TRANSOM a window above a door (or a horizontal crossbar in a window or between a door and a window).
TRIPARTITE a window composed of three parts.