Windowglass

noun

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Noun
  1. 1
    A windowpane; the glass comprising a windowpane; the windowpanes in a building (collectively). countable, uncountable

    "At first he contented himself by flattening his nose against the window-glasses of his study, and looking what the Englander was about."

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"At first he contented himself by flattening his nose against the window-glasses of his study, and looking what the Englander was about."

Etymology

From window + glass.

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