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oriel window

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oriel window [ˈɔːrɪəl]
n
(Fine Arts & Visual Arts / Architecture) a bay window, esp one that is supported by one or more brackets or corbels Sometimes shortened to oriel
[from Old French oriol gallery, perhaps from Medieval Latin auleolum niche]
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Noun1.oriel windoworiel window - a projecting bay window corbeled or cantilevered out from a wall
oriel
bow window, bay window - a window that sticks out from the outside wall of a house


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And he began already to be proud of being a Rugby boy, as he passed the schoolgates, with the oriel window above, and saw the boys standing there, looking as if the town belonged to them, and nodding in a familiar manner to the coachman, as if any one of them would be quite equal to getting on the box, and working the team down street as well as he.
Tom Brown's Schooldays by Hughes, Thomas View in context
The room is a large and lofty one, with an ample mullioned oriel window at one end; the walls, you see, are new, and not yet painted; but the furniture, though originally of an expensive sort, is old and scanty, and there is no drapery about the window.
Adam Bede by Eliot, George View in context
The library at Devenham Castle was a large and sombre apartment, with high oriel windows and bookcases reaching to the ceiling.
The Illustrious Prince by Oppenheim, E. Phillips View in context
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