casement noun3 •A window sash that is hinged on the side.For at the window of my house I looked through my casement, and beheld among the simple ones, I discerned among the youths, a young man void of understanding. — 1611 •A window having such sashes; a casement window.ᵂᵖSome slight noise had awakened Francesca, and opening her casement, she looked through the thick and misty air, and saw him riding slowly over the heath. — 1834 •A casemate. Some writers and readers consider casement a catachresis when used in this sense. formscasements