bull's-eye window
Americannoun
Etymology
Origin of bull's-eye window
First recorded in 1925–30
Example Sentences
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The light which shone through the dirty and tightly closed "bull's-eye" window showed a tumbled bunk, the blankets soiled and streaked.
From Keziah Coffin by Lincoln, Joseph Crosby
One Saturday, a farmer's wife, perched on a ladder out of doors, was eagerly polishing the glass of a bull's-eye window.
From Six Women and the Invasion by Yerta, Gabrielle
His cab is protected both overhead and at the sides, while his bull's-eye window permits him to look ahead without receiving the wind, dust, and snow in his eyes.
From The Land of Contrasts A Briton's View of His American Kin by Muirhead, James F. (James Fullarton)
The one on the left was closed, the one on the right looked down on the stairs through a shining bull's-eye window.
From The Saint by Thayer, William Roscoe
As he spoke they all became aware of a solid black mass looming in front of the bull's-eye window.
From Tom Swift and His Undersea Search, or, the Treasure on the Floor of the Atlantic by Appleton, Victor [pseud.]
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