lancet window

American  

noun

Architecture.

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

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lancet window British  

noun

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

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Etymology

Origin of lancet window

First recorded in 1775–85

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lancet window

A stained-glass lancet window shows Christ's passion in five panels set in an interlace of jewel-like embroidery.

From Time Magazine Archive

Its catalog lists 748 items, ranging from a corroded metal pen to a whole stained-glass lancet window from Canterbury Cathedral.

From Time Magazine Archive

A lancet window still remains in the south wall, and at the west end of the aisle. 

From Records of Woodhall Spa and Neighbourhood Historical, Anecdotal, Physiographical, and Archaeological, with Other Matter by Walter, James Conway

The chancel with its fine triple lancet window is Early English.

From Wanderings in Wessex An Exploration of the Southern Realm from Itchen to Otter by Holmes, Edric

Nothing of the sacred edifice remained, however, but the Gothic front, with its deep portal and grand lancet window, already described.

From Abbotsford and Newstead Abbey by Irving, Washington