lancet window

noun Architecture.

a high, narrow window terminating in a lancet arch.

Origin of lancet window

First recorded in 1775–85

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Historical Examples of 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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