witch window
witch window · witch windows
A window placed diagonally, with its long edge parallel to the roof, in the gable-end…A window placed diagonally, with its long edge parallel to the roof, in the gable-end wall of a house (chiefly in Vermont in the United States), where a window oriented vertically or horizontally would not fit.
Значення
значень: 1A window placed diagonally, with its long edge parallel to the roof, in the gable-end wall of a house (chiefly in Vermont in the United States), where a window oriented vertically or horizontally would not fit.
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From the (probably unserious) suggestion that witches could not fly through them.From the (probably unserious) suggestion that witches could not fly through them.
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множина: witch windows| Однина | witch window |
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