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What (who) is window-dressing - definition
WINDOW IN A SHOP DISPLAYING ITEMS FOR SALE
Cabinet-window; Shop window; Shop-window; Display-window; Show window; Window dressing; Window-dressing; Window display; Window dress; Display windows; Window displays; Window Displays; Store window
window-dressing
also window dressing
1.
Window-dressing is the skill of arranging objects attractively in a window, especially a shop window, or the way in which they are arranged.
N-UNCOUNT
2.
If you refer to something as window-dressing, you are critical of it because it is done in order to create a good impression and to prevent people from realizing the real or more unpleasant nature of someone's activities.
The measures are little more than window dressing that will fade fast once investors take a hard look at them.
N-UNCOUNT [disapproval]
window dressing
see window-dressing
window dressing
¦ noun
1. the arrangement of an attractive display in a shop window.
2. an adroit but superficial or misleading presentation of something.
Wikipedia
Display window
A display window, also a shop window (British English) or store window (American English), is a window in a shop displaying items for sale or otherwise designed to attract customers to the store. Usually, the term refers to larger windows in the front façade of the shop.
Examples of use of window-dressing
1. Legislating to make them think of balance is window–dressing.
2. Basically, the usual mix of window–dressing, PR and failure.
3. Critics have said the chamber will serve as little more than democratic window–dressing.
4. Sometimes it‘s window–dressing," he said on the sidelines of the conference.
5. Thus Moscow‘s political enterprise in Chechnya is at best a poor attempt at window–dressing.