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

His chamber is neither large nor elegant, its walls are plainly papered, and its single oriel window is shaded by a faded curtain.

From A Literary Pilgrimage Among the Haunts of Famous British Authors by Wolfe, Theodore F. (Theodore Frelinghuysen)

My father had this oriel built to please her.

From Jessamine A Novel by Harland, Marion

Frank was standing behind Dolly's chair in the faint green light of the old oriel window.

From Old Kensington by Thackeray, Miss