bow window
a rounded bay window.
Origin of bow window
1Other words from bow window
- bow-windowed, adjective
Words Nearby bow window
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How to use bow window in a sentence
The panels were modelled on the old stage coach design, and a great bow window adorned each end.
Fifty Years of Railway Life in England, Scotland and Ireland | Joseph TatlowGwynne walked about the large old-fashioned room with its bow-window, and alcove for the bed.
Ancestors | Gertrude AthertonShe recollected, at last, the sash-door of a bow-window belonging to a room that was never occupied but in summer.
Camilla | Fanny BurneyThe three of us stood in the bow window and occupied ourselves in admiring the magnificent view.
The Poison Belt | Arthur Conan DoyleMaria, who began to like her bow-window better than ever, sat near it to scent the fragrance of her flowers.
British Dictionary definitions for bow window
/ (bəʊ) /
a bay window in the shape of a curve
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