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DCHP-1 (pre-1967)
Entry from the DCHP-1 (pre-1967)
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a window pane of parchment (def. 2), widely used in cabins in the Northwest (def. 1a).
Quotations
1775
Mild dowdy weather; the Carpenter Employed nailing on a set of new Parchment windows. . . .
1860
The cottage, built of massive logs plastered with mud, and lighted by firmly fixed parchment windows, admitted no communication with the outer air. . . .
1885
We were at one time reduced to such dire straits that we were obliged to eat our parchment windows. . . .