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GUILLOTINE WINDOW [1 record]

Record 1 2012-12-28

English

Subject field(s)
  • Doors, Windows and Openings (Building Elements)
DEF

A window consisting of vertically sliding sash which utilizes counterbalancing devices to allow the sash to be opened to any variable position between its fully open and fully closed limits.

OBS

Historically, in a guillotine window a peg was inserted through a hole in the movable sash and into a corresponding hole in the frame in order to block the open sash into place. As for the hung window, it used counterweights or a balancing system. Now, these differences tend to faze and the terms are used interchangeably.

OBS

vertical sliding window: term officially approved by the Lexicon Project Committee (New Brunswick) in 1990.

Key term(s)
  • guillotine-window
  • vertical-sliding window

French

Domaine(s)
  • Ouvertures (Éléments du bâtiment)
DEF

Fenêtre dont le châssis glisse verticalement entre deux rainures et s'ouvre de bas en haut.

OBS

fenêtre à coulissement vertical : terme uniformisé par le Comité du projet de lexiques du Nouveau Brunswick en 1990.

Spanish

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