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Definition of: defenestration
(dē·fen′ə·strā′shən) noun
The act of throwing out of a window, or the result of or subjection to such an act: used specifically with reference to a mode of executing popular vengeance practiced in Bohemia in the later Middle Ages. [<L de out of, down + fenestra window]
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