oriel window

British  

/ ˈɔːrɪəl /

noun

1. 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

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Example Sentences

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oriel window

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

From The Guardian ● Jul. 2, 2010

The moonlight came flickering through the oriel window, as if a bunch of silver arrows had been shivered against it, half illuminating the room with a soft, beautiful light.

From Norston's Rest by Ann S. (Ann Sophia) Stephens

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

The uncomplimentary confidence was made into the shell-like ear of Mrs. Talmage Eglinton, who, faultlessly gowned by Worth, was sitting apart with her nominal hostess in the embrasure of an oriel window.

From The Duke Decides by Headon Hill

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 Ann S. (Ann Sophia) Stephens

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