French windows

French windows
French windows UK US noun [plural]
a pair of glass doors that lead to a garden
Thesaurus: doors and windowshyponym parts of doors and windowsmeronym

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French windows,
a pair of long windows like doors, hinged at the sides and opening in the middle: »

When the bailiffs broke into the house, they found the family had barricaded themselves in the back downstairs room and they had to force the French windows to get in (Manchester Guardian).


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