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

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 South side of the Lady Chapel contains a central window of three lights and geometrical tracery, with a lancet window on the right and left.

From Bell's Cathedrals: Southwark Cathedral Formerly the Collegiate Church of St. Saviour, Otherwise St. Mary Overie. A Short History and Description of the Fabric, with Some Account of the College and the See by Worley, George

Within the vestry is a two-light lancet window; and let into the eastern wall is a small slab, having four grotesque figures, one blowing a kind of bagpipe, the others dancing. 

From A History of Horncastle from the earliest period to the present time 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