oriel

American  

[awr-ee-uhl, ohr‑] / ˈɔr i əl, ˈoʊr‑ /

noun

1. a bay window, especially one cantilevered or corbeled out from a wall.

2. (in medieval architecture) a large bay window of a hall or chamber.

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Etymology

Origin of oriel

1350–1400; Middle English < Anglo-French oriol porch, passage, gallery, perhaps ≪ Latin aureolus “gilded”

Example Sentences

Wrought-iron balconies, turrets, oriel windows: block after block, the residential facades were unique and homogenous at the same time.

From New York Times • Dec. 23, 2011

So, let's go ... through the neo-gothic oriel window!

From The Guardian • Jul. 2, 2010

Ruth stole to the little oriel window, and watched her husband as he turned from the moonlight and entered the shadows of the park.

From Norston's Rest by Stephens, Ann S. (Ann Sophia)

“Lo! in the painted oriel of the west, Whose panes the sunken sun incardines, Like a fair lady at her casement shines The Evening Star, the star of love and rest.”

From In Touch with Nature Tales and Sketches from the Life by Stables, Gordon

Some of the decorative bits that catch the eye right and left, are absolute gems in their way—whether oriel windows, or fantastic turrets, or figures and devices embossed and sculptured.

From Mathieu Ropars: et cetera by Young, William