lancet window


nounArchitecture.
  1. a high, narrow window terminating in a lancet arch.

Origin of lancet window

1
First recorded in 1775–85

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British Dictionary definitions for lancet window

lancet window

noun
  1. a narrow window having a lancet arch: Sometimes shortened to: lancet

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