dormer
[dawr-mer]
- Also called dormer window. a vertical window in a projection built out from a sloping roof.
- the entire projecting structure.
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Origin of dormer
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Contemporary Examples
The Daily Beast spoke to Dormer about her badass new role and all things Game of Thrones.
Natalie Dormer Talks ‘Hunger Games,’ Feminism, and Why ‘Game of Thrones’ Needs More DickMarlow Stern
November 21, 2014
One hope is that the winter storm is also making things more difficult for Dormer—if he is still in the mountains, that is.
Dormer said that Gilbert was in a hysterical state of mind on the night she vanished 19 months ago.
Last week, Dormer told The Daily Beast that a single killer was responsible for the slayings.
During a morning press conference, Dormer said he believed that Gilbert most likely fell into a drainage ditch and drowned.
Historical Examples
It had a dormer window, at no great distance above the eaves.
Ranald Bannerman's BoyhoodGeorge MacDonald
It reached a little above the eaves, right under the dormer window.
Ranald Bannerman's BoyhoodGeorge MacDonald
Then aloud to Revere: "Are you really worried about Dormer?"
Soldiers Three, Part II.Rudyard Kipling
The dormer window had sides which were curtained with green.
Red Rose and Tiger LilyL. T. Meade
It was an attic at the top of the house, and had a dormer window with a north light.
Red Rose and Tiger LilyL. T. Meade
dormer
- a construction with a gable roof and a window at its outer end that projects from a sloping roofAlso called: dormer window
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Word Origin
C16: from Old French dormoir, from Latin dormītōrium dormitory
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Word Origin and History for dormer
n.
1590s, originally "window of a sleeping room," from Middle French dormeor "sleeping room," from dormir "to sleep" (see dormant).
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