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It seems to be specially common in Teutonic and Celtic lands, and is known by various names, as _Probenächte, fensterln, Kiltgang, hand-fasting, bundling, sitting-up, courting on the bed, etc_.
Studies in the Psychology of Sex, Volume 6 Sex in Relation to Society Havelock Ellis 1899
Logophile77 commented on the word fensterln
German. It means climbing in a window to have sex with your significant other (but not spouse) so that someone else in the house, ostensibly his or her parent or spouse, will not know.
Perhaps it is etymologically connected to defenestration?
January 15, 2018