1894 Brewer’s / W / Window. (Norwegian, vindue.)
A French window opens like folding doors; a sash window is in two parts, called sashes, one or both of which are made to slide up and down about half way.
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Entry taken from Dictionary of Phrase and Fable, edited by the Rev. E. Cobham Brewer, LL.D. and revised in 1895.