French window

noun

1. a pair of casement windows extending to the floor and serving as portals, especially from a room to an outside porch or terrace.

Word History and Origins

Origin of French window¹

First recorded in 1795–1805

Example Sentences

A plush, red velvet fauteuil tucked into the lower right corner of the picture is like an upscale launching pad, which has propelled the man to the balustrade along a tall French window.

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Steel doors and French windows open to multiple terraces, which overlook the leafy grounds complete with grassy lawns and a stream.

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There are no glamorous furnishings — just a French window, its blackened panes suggesting the dark of night.

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Leschelier also contributed custom works to the living room: two console tables composed of steel-topped stacked cinder blocks sealed with overflowing mortar that sit on either side of one of the French windows.

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Around the back, meanwhile, the art exhibition is only partly visible through three French windows.

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