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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

When I reached the parlour I found them confronting one another, my lady standing in the oriel with her back to the street.

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

The dessert still remained, but Dora and Margaret were standing at the round table in the oriel window, exhibiting their drawings to Lord Rochford, and Mr and Mrs Harrington were talking together apart.

From Amy Herbert by Sewell, Elizabeth

Under the oriel window, where I had seen her first, she lay on a little couch.

From Cecil Castlemaine's Gage, Lady Marabout's Troubles, and Other Stories by Ouida




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