oriel window
31window — n opening, aperture, ventilator, Scot. win nock, Archit. fenestra, Archit. fenestella; casement, dormer, oriel, bay window, transom, fanlight, lattice, skylight; porthole, port, bull s eye; (all of fortification) embrasure, loophole, crenal …
32oriel — n. projecting window or part of building containing window …
33oriel — noun A large polygonal recess in a building, such as a bay window …
34oriel — o•ri•el art at origen [[t]ˈɔr i əl, ˈoʊr [/t]] n. archit. a bay window, esp. one cantilevered or corbeled out from a wall • Etymology: 1350–1400; ME < AF oriol porch, passage, gallery …
35bay window — 1. an alcove of a room, projecting from an outside wall and having its own windows, esp. one having its own foundations. Cf. bow window, oriel. 2. Informal. a large, protruding belly; paunch. [1400 50; late ME] * * * window formed as the… …
36bay window — noun 1. slang for a paunch • Syn: ↑pot, ↑potbelly, ↑corporation, ↑tummy • Usage Domain: ↑slang, ↑cant, ↑jargon, ↑lingo, ↑ …
37bow window — noun a window that sticks out from the outside wall of a house • Syn: ↑bay window • Hypernyms: ↑window • Hyponyms: ↑oriel, ↑oriel window * * * noun, pl ⋯ dows [count] : a large window or set of windows …
38Bay window — A bay window is a window space projecting outward from the main walls of a building and forming a bay in a room, either square or polygonal in plan. The angles most commonly used on the inside corners of the bay are 90, 135 and 150 degrees. Bay… …
39Compass window — Compass Com pass (k[u^]m pas), n. [F. compas, fr. LL. compassus circle, prop., a stepping together; com + passus pace, step. See {Pace}, {Pass}.] 1. A passing round; circuit; circuitous course. [1913 Webster] They fetched a compass of seven day s …
40compass window — noun : a bay or oriel window of semicircular plan * * * compass window noun A semicircular bay window • • • Main Entry: ↑compass …
