bull's-eye window

American  

noun

1. bull's-eye.

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Etymology

Origin of bull's-eye window

First recorded in 1925–30

Example Sentences

The light came through a bull's-eye window situated nine or ten feet up from the floor; the furniture consisted of a bale of straw and a bathtub.

From The Mysterious Sketch by Erckmann-Chatrian

We two had gained the bull's-eye window at the nose of the train and sombrely watched the sparkling panorama of lights along the track.

From Plum Pudding Of Divers Ingredients, Discreetly Blended & Seasoned by Morley, Christopher

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

"I can't get through there," he said, examining the bull's-eye window.

From The Chouans by Wormeley, Katharine Prescott

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.]