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oriel
[ awr-ee-uhl, ohr‐ ]
/ ˈɔr i əl, ˈoʊr‐ /
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noun
a bay window, especially one cantilevered or corbeled out from a wall.
(in medieval architecture) a large bay window of a hall or chamber.
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Origin of oriel
1350–1400; Middle English <Anglo-French oriol porch, passage, gallery, perhaps ≪ Latin aureolus “gilded”
Words nearby oriel
orgulous, orgy, -orial, oribi, orichalcum, oriel, oriel window, orient, oriental, Oriental alabaster, Oriental almandine
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