Store windowpanes tilt outward at top and inward at bottom to minimize reflections {store window} {window display}. Reflections go down into sidewalk.
Windows {casement}| {window} can have glass doors hinged on side, top, or bottom. Latches lock windows shut. Cranks can open windows.
Windows {louvered window}| can have horizontal glass slats. Cranks with a worm gear tilt glass slabs shut or open.
Bay windows {oriel}| can project out from wall.
Wood or metal slats {venetian blind}|, suspended from strings, can cover windows. Cord raises bottom slat and so pulls up other slats. Locking lever at top right-hand side holds raising cord, to keep blinds up. Left-side cord pulls strings up on one side and down on other side, to change slat angle.
Windows can have separate top half and bottom half {window sash}| {sash, window half}. Bottom has cords at two top corners. Cords go through window top-part edge, over pulley in window-frame side, down to weights {sash weight}. Small screwed-on doors are on lower frame sides, allowing access to weights. Sash windows {double hung sash} can move top and bottom panels.
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