Meaning of witch window | Babel Free

Definitions

A window placed diagonally, with its long edge parallel to the roof, in the gable-end wall of a house (chiefly in Vermont in the United States), where a window oriented vertically or horizontally would not fit.

Examples

“At the end of the room a witch window hung at an angle in the wall. She smiled. “Witch window. How quaint.” “Vermont is famous for them.[…]"”

“"[…] you've also got maybe eight to ten window,s and that's not counting the second floor and the windows in the attic—" / "Witch windows." / "What?" blurted Kenway. "Seriously? Why do they call 'em witch windows?" / "They're not witch windows," said Gendreau. "Witch windows are sashed windows half-rotated to one side. They were designed crooked to confuse witches back in the colonial days, to keep them from getting [inside]."”

“You might see the oddity of a “witch window” sideways by the peak of the pointy roof. The porch swing moves.”

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