garret window

British  

noun

1. a skylight that lies along the slope of the roof

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garret window

From garret window to garret window across the narrow lanes of the old town it had been whispered at dead of night; at convent grilles, and in the timber-yards beside the river.

From Historical Romances: Under the Red Robe, Count Hannibal, A Gentleman of France by Weyman, Stanley J.

Then, again, it is as though these little letters brought to my garret window the Skylark I have heard far and faintly so long in the higher moments of dream.

From She Buildeth Her House by Comfort, William Wistar

Some had purchased seats upon the housetops, and were already crawling to their stations from parapet and garret window.

From In Jail with Charles Dickens by Trumble, Alfred

I recognized then, by the faint glimmer from a little garret window, the wrinkled face of the burgomaster's widow.

From Annouchka A Tale by Turgenev, Ivan Sergeevich

Somewhere beneath a nest of tiles My little garret window squats, Staring across the cruel miles, And wondering of kindlier spots.

From Nights in London by Burke, Thomas