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Definition of French window
1. Noun. A French door situated in an exterior wall of a building.
Definition of French window
1. Noun. an outside door with glass panes, serving as a window and a door ¹
2. Noun. (alternative spelling of French window) ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Lexicographical Neighbors of French Window
Literary usage of French window
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Building Construction and Superintendence by Frank Eugene Kidder (1915)
"DOUBLE-SASH CASEMENT OR FRENCH-WINDOW HARDWARE. These windows usually have the
meeting- stiles rebated, so that when the swing-leaf is secured it will also ..."
2. The Country House: A Practical Manual of the Planning and Construction of by Charles Edward Hooper (1905)
"16 shows an arrangement of a three-opening mullioned window in a brick wall, in
which the central one is a French window opening on a piazza and the side ..."
3. Old Country Inns of England by Henry Parr Maskell, Edward W. Gregory (1911)
"... is now a comfortable private residence, and the old gateway arch would hardly
be recognized in the French window opening on the front garden. ..."