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noun
1.
Also called
dormer window.
a vertical window in a projection built out from a sloping roof.
2.
the entire projecting structure.
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Origin:
1585–95;
<
Middle French
dormoir
dormitory
Related forms
dor·mered,
adjective
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dormer
(ˈdɔːmə)
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n
Also called:
dormer window
a construction with a gable roof and a window at its outer end that projects from a sloping roof
[C16: from Old French
dormoir,
from Latin
dormītōrium
dormitory
]
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dormer
1592, originally "window of a sleeping room," from M.Fr. dormeor "sleeping room," from dormir "to sleep," from L. dormire (see
dormant
).
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