oriel window
21window — window, casement, dormer, oriel can mean an opening in the wall of a building that is usually covered with glass and serves to admit light and air. Window is the ordinary general term for the entire structure, including both its framework and the …
22oriel — [ōr′ē əl, ôr′ē əl] n. [OFr oriol < ML oriolum, porch, gallery] a large window built out from a wall and resting on a bracket or a corbel; bay window …
23oriel — large recessed window, mid 14c., from O.Fr. oriol, perhaps from M.L. oriolum porch, gallery (mid 13c.), perhaps from V.L. *auraeolum, dissimilated from a dim. of L. aulaeum curtain. Despite much research, the sense evolution remains obscure …
24window — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) n. casement, dormer, opening; pane; bay window, oriel; port[hole]; skylight; embrasure, loophole. II (Roget s IV) n. 1. [An architectural opening for light and air] Syn. skylight, porthole, bay window,… …
25oriel — /awr ee euhl, ohr /, n. 1. a bay window, esp. one cantilevered or corbeled out from a wall. 2. (in medieval architecture) a large bay window of a hall or chamber. [1350 1400; ME < AF oriol porch, passage, gallery, perh. < < L aureolus gilded] * * …
26window — windowless, adj. windowy, adj. /win doh/, n. 1. an opening in the wall of a building, the side of a vehicle, etc., for the admission of air or light, or both, commonly fitted with a frame in which are set movable sashes containing panes of glass …
27oriel — Synonyms and related words: alcove, bay, bay window, bow window, carrel, casement, casement window, corner, cove, cranny, cubby, cubbyhole, cubicle, fan window, fanlight, grille, lancet window, lantern, lattice, light, louver window, niche, nook …
28window — Synonyms and related words: aluminum foil, bay, bay window, bow window, casement, casement window, chaff, fan window, fanlight, grille, lancet window, lantern, lattice, light, louver window, oriel, pane, picture window, port, porthole, rose… …
29Oriel — 1) Projecting room on an upper floor (in the medieval sense; later an upper floor bay window). (Gies, Joseph and Francis. Life in a Medieval Castle, 226) 2) Originally a projection or built out gallery, often a porch outside an upper entrance… …
30oriel — o·ri·el || É”Ërɪəl n. large window built out from a wall; bay window …
