oriel
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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
Lichfield has a gallery over the sacristy door, which served the same purpose; and at Worcester an oriel was probably used by the watchers.
From Ecclesiastical Curiosities by Various
Amy's associations with what had generally been called the oriel room were of a more cheerful character.
From Amy Herbert by Elizabeth Sewell
“Lo! in the painted oriel of the west, Whose panes the sunken sun incardines, Like a fair lady at her casement shines The Evening Star, the star of love and rest.”
From In Touch with Nature Tales and Sketches from the Life by Gordon Stables
