oriel window

British

/ ˈɔːrɪəl /

noun

Sometimes shortened to: oriel. a bay window, esp one that is supported by one or more brackets or corbels

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Etymology

Origin of oriel window

C14: from Old French oriol gallery, perhaps from Medieval Latin auleolum niche

Example Sentences

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So, let's go ... through the neo-gothic oriel window!

From The Guardian • Jul. 2, 2010

The Old Hall, of the 15th century, enlarged in the 16th, is a picturesque building, forming three sides of a quadrangle, partially timber-framed, but having a beautiful oriel window and other parts of stone.

From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 11, Slice 4 "G" to "Gaskell, Elizabeth" by Various

Her own oriel window, and Archie's next it, shone bravely.

From Diana Tempest, Volume III (of 3) by Cholmondeley, Mary

We were admitted with reluctance into a magnificent hall which magically matched our description: stone-paved, with a vaulted roof, and an immense oriel window the height of two stories.

From The Brightener by Williamson, A. M. (Alice Muriel)

I stood in the oriel window that curved out from one end of the large parlor and looked toward the east; that is, it commanded a broad view from all points, save the direct west.

From Wives and Widows; or The Broken Life by Stephens, Ann S. (Ann Sophia)

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