Meaning of sash cord | Babel Free

Definitions

A cord, usually of braided cotton, connecting the sash weight to the sash (opening part of a window), and running over a pulley at the top of the frame.

countable, uncountable

Examples

“[…] he went to lower the upper sash, only to discover that both sash-cords were broken, and that the window had to be lowered to its full extent, or not at all.”

“He found the body in number five, a once good-looking man in his late thirties with a length of sash cord still around his neck and blood from his wounds soaking into the bedcovers.”

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