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double-hung

adj
(Architecture) (of a window) having two vertical sashes, the upper one sliding in grooves outside those of the lower
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dou′ble-hung′



adj.
(of a window) having two vertically sliding sashes, each closing a different part of the opening.
[1815–25]
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