guichet

British  

/ ˈɡiːʃeɪ /

noun

1. a grating, hatch, or small opening in a wall, esp a ticket-office window

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Etymology

Origin of guichet

C19: from French

Example Sentences

Aunt M'riar had not the advantages of the Roman confessional, with its suggestive guichet.

From When Ghost Meets Ghost by De Morgan, William Frend

However, a very elegant officer strolled up to the guichet as I laid my bag of diamonds on the glass shelf, languidly unlocked the steel window-gate, and picked up the bag of jewels.

From The Maids of Paradise by Chambers, Robert W. (Robert William)

The young cashier, who had paid out to her through the little brass guichet many tens of thousands of pretty white notes and gold-pieces, informed her that he could not give her any money.

From Clark's Field by Herrick, Robert

It came as he took the tickets at the guichet; and it was not of his doing, but of hers.

From The Tower of Oblivion by Onions, Oliver [pseud.]

Unluckily, they directed their advance to the very guichet which I was also approaching.

From A Residence in France With an Excursion Up the Rhine, and a Second Visit to Switzerland by Cooper, James Fenimore