oriel window
Britishnoun
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 full moon shone brightly through the gleaming clouds, the sea-waves roared, and the night-wind howled and shook the oriel window till the panes rattled.
From Weird Tales. Vol. I by Hoffmann, E. T. A. (Ernst Theodor Amadeus)
Just outside the entrance to the vicars' close is a beautiful oriel window, which has been much copied in modern times.
From Bell's Cathedrals: The Cathedral Church of Wells A Description of Its Fabric and a Brief History of the Episcopal See by Dearmer, Percy
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
He turned as he spoke; and I saw behind him a heavy curtain hiding the oriel window of the lobby.
From The Red Cockade by Weyman, Stanley John
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