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Definition of Oriel window
1. Noun. A projecting bay window corbeled or cantilevered out from a wall.
Lexicographical Neighbors of Oriel Window
Literary usage of Oriel window
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Old Court Life in France by Frances Minto Dickinson Elliot (1893)
"Mademoiselle de Hautefort left the room, and was instantly joined by Louis, who
drew her into the embrasure of an oriel window. CHAPTER XXX. ..."
2. The Story of Nuremberg by Cecil Headlam (1900)
"Only the beautiful (fourteenth century) oriel window remained uninjured by ...
The chronicles say that at the baptism of the Imperial oriel window OF THE ..."
3. The Chief American Poets: Selected Poems by Bryant, Poe, Emerson, Longfellow by Curtis Hidden Page (1905)
"... the square the oriel window, where in old heroic days Sat the poet Melchior
singing Kaiser Maximilian's praise.1 - Everywhere I see around me rise the ..."
4. Curiosities of London: Exhibiting the Most Rare and Remarkable Objects of by John Timbs (1868)
"The western oriel window contains, in the upper ... and LI The oriel window, on
the eastern side, contains all the stained glass removed from the old hall, ..."
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