casemented

case·ment

(kās′mənt)

a. A window sash that opens outward by means of hinges.

b. A window with such sashes.

2. A case or covering.

[Middle English, a hollow molding, possibly from Middle English case, chest, frame; see case².]

case′ment·ed adj.

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Halfway up, mines and bomb craters brought them to a halt and the infantry had to fight their way through a maze of trenches, pillboxes and casemented gun positions.

The fight for the channel ports: as the British and American armies raced across France and grabbed the headlines, the First Canadian Army was assigned the unglamorous task of clearing Dunkirk, Boulogne and Calais

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