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.
Meaning
1 sensesA 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.
Origin
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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Forms
plural: witch windows| Singular | witch window |
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