bow window
Americannoun
noun
Other Word Forms
- bow-windowed adjective
Etymology
Origin of bow window
First recorded in 1745–55
Example Sentences
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They added the bow window in the front, which extended the dining area.
From Washington Post • Apr. 8, 2022
A prosperous Winthrop Wadsworth would add an ornamented bow window, floor-to-ceiling windows and a wraparound porch and balustrade.
From Seattle Times • Nov. 5, 2019
Original tracery patterns made of thin strips of molding decorate the ceilings, with lattice in the living room and a chevron pattern in the dining room, which has a bow window.
From New York Times • Aug. 7, 2017
On the first day of digging the team found that a redbrick flower bed, dug up regularly to fertilise the roses, covered a rectangle of stone which Halliwell-Phillips believed was Shakespeare's bow window.
From The Guardian • Apr. 5, 2010
Sitting in its bow window were RAF Maidsend’s gaunt and weary squadron leader and a bespectacled well-turned-out civilian in a tweed suit.
From "Code Name Verity" by Elizabeth Wein
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