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

Example Sentences

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

From Time Magazine Archive

The stone floor was not much above the level of the river at high tide and a lancet window on each side of the bridge admitted a glimmer of light in the day time.

From Madame Flirt A Romance of 'The Beggar's Opera' by Pearce, Charles Edward

There was but one bit of vivid modern colouring in the whole building—a slim lancet window at the west end, a discord sharply struck in the shadowy harmony.

From Mitchelhurst Place, Vol. I (of 2) A Novel by Veley, Margaret

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