garret window

British  

noun

1. a skylight that lies along the slope of the roof

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Example Sentences

As we approached, I fancied I saw her face in the top garret window.

From Seven Frozen Sailors by Fenn, George Manville

"Is not my garret window just across from yours, and do I not throw you bread and buns each day?"

From The Green Forest Fairy Book by Brady, Loretta Ellen

The garret window was opened; it was in the roof, so Betty had no difficulty in climbing out and standing in the gutter, which ran right round the house.

From Odd by Le Feuvre, Amy

He had awakened at four o'clock and had sprung eagerly to the little garret window facing the east, to see what sort of a day was being born.

From Lucy Maud Montgomery Short Stories, 1907 to 1908 by Montgomery, L. M. (Lucy Maud)

At another, "There is the garret window of the schoolmaster's daughter—does she sing so sweetly nowadays in the old kirk?"

From John Splendid The Tale of a Poor Gentleman, and the Little Wars of Lorn by Munro, Neil