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oriel

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o·ri·el  (ôr-l, r-)
n.
A bay window projecting from an upper floor, supported from below with a corbel or bracket.
[Middle English, from Old French oriol, porch, from Medieval Latin oriolum.]
oriel - A large, upper-story bay window, usually supported by brackets or on corbels.
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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
Translations
oriel [ˈɔːrɪəl] N → mirador m
oriel (window)
n → Erker (→ fenster nt) m
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The Golden Road by Montgomery, Lucy Maud View in context
``By the light of Our Lady's brow,'' said Prince John, ``our orders to him were most precise--- though it may be you heard them not, as we stood together in the oriel window---Most clear and positive was our charge that Richard's safety should be cared for, and woe to Waldemar's head if he transgress it
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