(n.) A scarf or band worn about the waist, over the shoulder, or otherwise; a belt; a girdle, -- worn by women and children as an ornament; also worn as a badge of distinction by military officers, members of societies, etc.
(v. t.) To adorn with a sash or scarf.
(n.) The framing in which the panes of glass are set in a glazed window or door, including the narrow bars between the panes.
(n.) In a sawmill, the rectangular frame in which the saw is strained and by which it is carried up and down with a reciprocating motion; -- also called gate.
(v. t.) To furnish with a sash or sashes; as, to sash a door or a window.
Example Sentences:
(1) Attach self-adhesive foam strips, or metal strips with brushes or wipers attached, to window, door and loft-hatch frames (if you have sash windows, it's better to ask a professional to do it).
(2) In March 1990, in a ceremony in the new Congress building built by Pinochet in his home town of Valparaiso - 80 miles from the capital, Santiago, and intended to remain well out of mind of the real centres of power - a sombre Pinochet handed the presidential sash over to Aylwin.
(3) The extravasation of contrast medium was seen in a sash like fashion through arterial and venous phase.
(4) The fast-talking 61-year-old shakes hands with one wearing a tiara and sash reading “Miss Columbus”, from a beauty pageant to celebrate its namesake’s arrival in North America.
(5) The painting depicts him in crisp white military tunic with cap, spectacles and green sash, his hands gripping a rail as if surveying an adoring public.
(6) A sash-like cord used to strangle Grove was still knotted around his neck.
(7) Thinking they meant Sash!, a European dance act, he said no and was promptly beaten up.
(8) So the Zeiss girls turned up: blondes with big makeup and swimsuits with sashes saying Zeiss.
(9) The fight to make today better must become your central task.” *** A presidential sash with the pale blue and white stripes of Uruguay sits in a glass-topped box in Julio María Sanguinetti’s book-lined, sombre study in a house on a quiet street near Punta Carretas.
(10) She was just standing by the big sash window in her bedroom when she spotted Mrs Thatcher "toddling" around the hospital gardens unguarded.
(11) Zheng and her friends have natty red sashes and a large banner that says: "Honoured to take part in the election for the people's congress".
(12) Cervical spine injuries associated with three-point fixation lap-sash seat belts result from impact against the sash.
(13) Worn-out sliding sash windows can be replaced with double-glazed, draughtproofed ones.
(14) Sash (WshWsh) epidermis can support melanocyte differentiation and pigment production but lacks functional melanocytes.
(15) Then, as a final insult, he added a personal observation: that Marino, who wore a customary mayoral sash to his meeting with the pope in Philadelphia, “really looked like a fool”.
(16) The garish sashes were introduced to distinguish the non-uniformed militias from an enemy who favour the same get-up of traditional Afghan garb and AK-47 slung over the shoulder.
(17) The president and Mrs Reagan stood on a special platform on the South Lawn to greet Jackson, who wore a military jacket with sequins, plus floppy gold epaulettes and a gold sash, a single white glove with rhinestones, large dark glasses and full stage make-up.
(18) If success is measured by the quality of one's view, then Ekow Eshun has done very well: step out of the high sash window in his room at the Institute of Contemporary Arts and on to the roof, and a tourist's idea of London unfolds as far as the eye can see – Big Ben, parliament, the London Eye; the Mall, St James's Park.
(19) But though the window is heavy, and sometimes shudders in its frame, the sash slides smoothly upwards.
(20) But in July 2011, evidence of various unauthorised third-party deductions from beneficiaries’ bank accounts started to emerge, says Thandiwe Zulu, provincial director of Black Sash , a human rights organisation.
Waistband
Definition:
(n.) The band which encompasses the waist; esp., one on the upper part of breeches, trousers, pantaloons, skirts, or the like.
(n.) A sash worn by women around the waist.
Example Sentences:
(1) He argued that he had intended to tase Grant, but accidentally shot him after seeing him reach for his waistband.
(2) He was wearing a beautiful tweed jacket, which had a slightly high waistband and he looked so beautiful.
(3) He put his right hand into his waistband and his left hand into a fist, “and he starts charging at me,” Wilson.
(4) In our American imagination, the feared objects which might come out of the waistband of unarmed black male children like Mike Brown or Tamir Rice so frightened armed white men, they’re allowed to kill them.
(5) Officially known as bib shorts, these cruellest of garments are designed to keep kidneys warm during cold, rainy stages and to eliminate any problems with waistbands, which can dig in.
(6) Today we're in a different century, a different millennium, a very different era than the one that first offered up twerpy, earnest, high-waistbanded Astley.
(7) Authorities said the officers told Tamir to raise his hands, and shot him when he pulled the pellet gun from his waistband .
(8) Aged five, he joined Barnard Castle rugby club , his local team, and started playing tag rugby, where opponents try to swipe a swatch of cloth from their waistband instead of tackling.
(9) I could show you if you really want,” he says jokingly tugging at his waistband.
(10) Two workers on a construction site told police that Alexis walked out of a next-door home on 6 May 2004, pulled a pistol from his waistband and fired three shots into the rear tyres of their parked car .
(11) "His hands were always up your skirt or your top and if you were wearing trousers, he'd find a way to slip them down your waistband.
(12) The boy was confronted on Saturday by officers responding to a 911 call about a male who appeared to be pulling a gun in and out of his waistband.
(13) Female ushers in flowing white robes, gold waistbands and gold shoes smile serenely in the aisles as they collect donations.
(14) Authorities said officers told Tamir to raise his hands, and shot him when he pulled the pellet gun from his waistband.
(15) Deputy chief Ed Tomba said one officer fired twice after the boy pulled the fake weapon, which was lacking the orange safety indicator usually found on the muzzle, from his waistband but had not pointed it at police.
(16) Loehmann claimed he shot because Tamir pulled the pellet gun from his waistband, “had been threatening others with the weapon and had not obeyed our command to show us his hands”.
(17) Agents in Washington spoke to him again in late August after Gonzalez was found near a White House fence with a small hatchet in his waistband.
(18) Photograph: Screen capture The 911 caller also suggested that Tamir was repeatedly pulling the BB gun out of the waistband on his pants.
(19) US army researchers have developed smart underwear, with sensors secreted inside elastic waistbands that track heart rate, body temperature and perspiration, and beam the stats back to a central monitor.
(20) It has always been a favourite spot for guys who prefer to wear their T-shirt tucked into their waistband than on their actual person.