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sash noun [ saʃ ]

• a long strip or loop of cloth worn over one shoulder or round the waist, especially as part of a uniform or official dress.
Similar: belt, cummerbund, waistband, girdle, obi, cincture, zone,
Origin: late 16th century (earlier as shash, denoting fine fabric twisted round the head as a turban): from Arabic šāš ‘muslin, turban’.

sash noun

• a frame holding the glass in a window, typically one of two sliding frames in a sash window.
Origin: late 17th century: alteration of chassis, interpreted as plural.


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