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oriel

[awr-ee-uhl, ohr‑] / ˈɔr i əl, ˈoʊr‑ /


NOUN
bay window
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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

While I was still a long way off I saw my lady at the oriel watching for me.

From My Lady Rotha A Romance by Weyman, Stanley J.

Ruth stole to the little oriel window, and watched her husband as he turned from the moonlight and entered the shadows of the park.

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

Still Amy did not care; for she had determined in her own mind that they would decide upon the bedroom oriel, which was just over the old schoolroom.

From Amy Herbert by Sewell, Elizabeth




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