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o·ri·el

 (ôr′ē-əl)
n.
A bay window projecting from an upper floor, often supported from below with corbels or brackets.
[Middle English, from Old French oriol, porch, from Medieval Latin oriolum.]
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o•ri•el

art at origen
(ˈɔr i əl, ˈoʊr-)

n.
a bay window, esp. one cantilevered or corbeled out from a wall.
[1350–1400; Middle English < Anglo-French oriol porch, passage, gallery]
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oriel

- A large, upper-story bay window, usually supported by brackets or on corbels.
See also related terms for supported.
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ThesaurusAntonymsRelated WordsSynonymsLegend:
Noun1.oriel - a projecting bay window corbeled or cantilevered out from a walloriel - a projecting bay window corbeled or cantilevered out from a wall
oriel window
bow window, bay window - a window that sticks out from the outside wall of a house
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Translations
bow-window
bovindo

oriel

[ˈɔːrɪəl] N → mirador m
Collins Spanish Dictionary - Complete and Unabridged 8th Edition 2005 © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1971, 1988 © HarperCollins Publishers 1992, 1993, 1996, 1997, 2000, 2003, 2005

oriel (window)

n → Erker (→ fenster nt) m
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