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Definition of Bay window
1. Noun. Slang for a paunch.
Generic synonyms: Belly, Paunch
Language type: Argot, Cant, Jargon, Lingo, Patois, Slang, Vernacular
2. Noun. A window that sticks out from the outside wall of a house.
Definition of Bay window
1. Noun. (architecture) A window space projecting outward from the main walls of a building and forming a bay in a room. ¹
2. Noun. (figuratively) A protruding belly. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Lexicographical Neighbors of Bay Window
Literary usage of Bay window
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. A Dictionary of Architecture and Building, Biographical, Historical, and by Russell Sturgis (1901)
"This structure was then called bay window, and the term has no closer ...
In modern times an attempt has been made to distinguish the bay window as a ..."
2. Country Life: A Handbook of Agriculture, Horticulture, and Landscape Gardening by Robert Morris Copeland (1859)
"A bay window is the best for the purpose, as it projects and receives sun and
... The above engraving represents a three-sided bay window, projecting 3 feet ..."
3. International Library of Technology: A Series of Textbooks for Persons by International Textbook Company (1902)
"Between each pier is placed a bay window whose projection, on the sheathing line,
from the face of the wall is 2 feet. The dimensions of the wooden ..."
4. Building Construction and Superintendence by Frank Eugene Kidder (1915)
"The opening for bay window in front wall is to be spanned by two lo-inch ...
The bay window in second story is to be framed with 2 by 6-inch studding, ..."
5. A History of Architecture in All Countries, from the Earliest Times to the by James Fergusson (1893)
"bay window from St. Sebald's Parsonage, Nuremberg. afford examples of complete
designs worthy of ..."
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