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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

I wish you could see your oriel now.

From Jessamine A Novel by Marion Harland

I stood in the oriel window that curved out from one end of the large parlor and looked toward the east; that is, it commanded a broad view from all points, save the direct west.

From Wives and Widows; or The Broken Life by Ann S. (Ann Sophia) Stephens




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