A weight attached by a cord to each side of the sash of a sash window to balance it at any height.
（将吊窗固定在某一位置以抵消窗子重量的）吊窗平衡锤
Example sentencesExamples
The weight of the nail is enough to allow the cord to easily get to the bottom of the window so you can attach the sash weight.
Sash cord is the woven cotton rope that was used to hold sash weights in old fashioned windows.
Another interesting mechanism, which can often be used as a useful dating guide, is the sash pulley itself, i.e. the wheel which the cord passes over, and which is attached to the sash weight.
The bridge was constructed so that concrete counterweights in each tower raised the span, acting much as sash weights do in an old double-hung window.
What is the best knot to use to fasten a sash weight to the sash cord so it won't fall off?
Definition of sash weight in US English:
sash weight
nounˈsaSH ˌwāt
A weight attached by a cord to each side of a window sash to balance it at any height.
（将吊窗固定在某一位置以抵消窗子重量的）吊窗平衡锤
Example sentencesExamples
Sash cord is the woven cotton rope that was used to hold sash weights in old fashioned windows.
Another interesting mechanism, which can often be used as a useful dating guide, is the sash pulley itself, i.e. the wheel which the cord passes over, and which is attached to the sash weight.
What is the best knot to use to fasten a sash weight to the sash cord so it won't fall off?
The bridge was constructed so that concrete counterweights in each tower raised the span, acting much as sash weights do in an old double-hung window.
The weight of the nail is enough to allow the cord to easily get to the bottom of the window so you can attach the sash weight.