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

A bay-window did duty for the more roomy oriel, and the shelf, which was an extension of the sill, was filled with plants.

From Jessamine A Novel by Harland, Marion

With its Tudor battlements, casements, diamond-paned and low oriel windows, half obliterated escutcheons; its drapery of green ivy, and heavy iron-clamped doors, it looked venerable, picturesque and peaceful.

From The Mandarin's Fan by Hume, Fergus

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