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Noun Concept
Categories: Superstitions of the United States, Articles with short description, Architectural elements, Windows
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witch window  coffin window  lazy window  sideways window  Vermont window
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In American vernacular architecture, a witch window is a window placed in the gable-end wall of a house and rotated approximately 1/8 of a turn from the vertical, leaving it diagonal, with its long edge parallel to the roof slope. Wikipedia
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In American vernacular architecture, a witch window is a window placed in the gable-end wall of a house and rotated approximately 1/8 of a turn from the vertical, leaving it diagonal, with its long edge parallel to the roof slope. Wikipedia
IS A
window
vernacular architecture
HAS PART
casement window
sash window
PART OF
farmhouse
gable
HAS CAUSE
constraint
LOCATION
Vermont
NAMED AFTER
coffin
folk belief
OBJECTIVE OF PROJECT OR ACTION
improvement
increase
Wikipedia
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witch window
Wikidata
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witch window
Wikipedia Redirections
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Vermont window
Wikidata Alias
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coffin window, lazy window, sideways window, Vermont window

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