oriel
Americannoun
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a bay window, especially one cantilevered or corbeled out from a wall.
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(in medieval architecture) a large bay window of a hall or chamber.
Etymology
Origin of oriel
1350–1400; Middle English < Anglo-French oriol porch, passage, gallery, perhaps ≪ Latin aureolus “gilded”
Example Sentences
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Wrought-iron balconies, turrets, oriel windows: block after block, the residential facades were unique and homogenous at the same time.
From New York Times • Dec. 23, 2011
So, let's go ... through the neo-gothic oriel window!
From The Guardian • Jul. 2, 2010
While I was still a long way off I saw my lady at the oriel watching for me.
From My Lady Rotha A Romance by Weyman, Stanley J.
Frank was standing behind Dolly's chair in the faint green light of the old oriel window.
From Old Kensington by Thackeray, Miss
The Manor House is very old; such quaint little oriel windows, and turrets, and gables.
From A Soldier's Son by Butler, Maude M.
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