Wind'ow1, n.
n. [Dan. vindue, Sw. vindöga, Icel. vindauga, window, properly wind-eye; O. Eng. windore, windor, i. e., wind-door.] 1. An opening in the wall of a building for the admission of light and air, usually closed by doors or sashes containing some transparent material, as glass, and capable of being opened and shut at pleasure. A window shalt thou make to the ark. Gen. vi. 16. I leaped from the window of the citadel. Shak. Then to come, in spite of sorrow. And at my window bid good morrow. Milton.
- The door or sash that closes or covers the aperture or opening.
- A lattice or casement. Simmonds.
- A figure formed of lines crossing each other. [Rare.]
Till he has windows on his bread and butter. King.
