defenestration noun.
[,di:fɛnɪ'streɪʃ(ǝ)n] E17.[mod. Latin defenestratio(n-), from de- DE- 1 + fenestra window: see -ATION.]The action of throwing a thing or (usu.) a person out of a window.
► Chiefly in
the Defenestration of Prague, an incident in 1618 which precipitated the Thirty Years War.
■ de'fenestrate verb trans. E17. [TahlilGaran] English Dictionary ▲