Wordnet 3.0
NOUN (1)
1.
a window sash that is hinged (usually on one side);
The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:
Casement \Case"ment\, n. [Shortened fr. encasement. See Incase
1st Case, and cf. Incasement.] (Arch.)
A window sash opening on hinges affixed to the upright side
of the frame into which it is fitted. (Poetically) A window.
[1913 Webster]
A casement of the great chamber window. --Shak.
[1913 Webster]
WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):
casement
n 1: a window sash that is hinged (usually on one side)