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lancet window

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noun Architecture.

a high, narrow window terminating in a lancet arch.

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Nearby words

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

Origin of lancet window

First recorded in 1775–85
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Examples from the Web for lancet window

  • When Danny left the church that night it was through the lancet-window of the vestry.

    The Deemster|Hall Caine

British Dictionary definitions for lancet window

lancet window

noun

a narrow window having a lancet archSometimes shortened to: lancet
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