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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

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 Elizabeth Sewell

These inscriptions are on two slabs of freestone beneath the two side-lights of the oriel window in the gallery of the palace.

From Highways and Byways in Cambridge and Ely by Edward Conybeare

Mrs. Wyllys must look the other way, then—at the majestic proportions of her cupola, if she likes, for the oriel is to be a fact next month.

From Jessamine A Novel by Marion Harland




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