lancet window

noun Architecture.

a high, narrow window terminating in a lancet arch.

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Origin of lancet window

First recorded in 1775–85

Words nearby lancet window

lancers, lancet, lancet arch, lancet clock, lancet fish, lancet window, lanceted, lancetfish, lancewood, lanchow, lanciform

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Example sentences from the Web for lancet window

When Danny left the church that night it was through the lancet-window of the vestry.
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British Dictionary definitions for lancet window

lancet window

noun

a narrow window having a lancet archSometimes shortened to: lancet

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