(n.) A bombproof chamber, usually of masonry, in which cannon may be placed, to be fired through embrasures; or one capable of being used as a magazine, or for quartering troops.
(n.) A hollow molding, chiefly in cornices.
Example Sentences:
(1) Things are going to get tough,” said Edward Macquisten of the Gibraltar chamber of commerce, in his office above the main Casemates Square.
Casement
Definition:
(n.) A window sash opening on hinges affixed to the upright side of the frame into which it is fitted. (Poetically) A window.
Example Sentences:
(1) A casement display methodology is used to examine the influence of demographic and medical variables on the outcome variables of interest (psychosocial status and quality of life) and their relationship to age.
(2) In the exploratory studies using the casement plots, the positive relationship between age and quality of life was most strong and significant in married women and in women who had received segmental mastectomy.
(3) The casement plot methodology permits the simultaneous evaluation of multiple variables as a preliminary step before hypothesis development and should be considered when complex clinical problems are being evaluated.
(4) In 1965, Sir Roger Casement’s remains were returned from London to Dublin.
(5) The pericytes were completely surrounded by casement membranes and displayed no significant lipidization; in a cellular plaque of vasular tissue at the base of the lesion, however, some of the multilaminar pericytes showed evidence of early smooth muscle differentiation.
(6) The later novels and stories, usually characterized as sentimental and conventional, dramatize an overt fear of homosexuality consistent with Conrad's hostile reaction to the Casement revelations.