oriel

[ awr-ee-uhl, ohr‐ ]
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noun
  1. a bay window, especially one cantilevered or corbeled out from a wall.

  2. (in medieval architecture) a large bay window of a hall or chamber.

Origin of oriel

1
1350–1400; Middle English <Anglo-French oriol porch, passage, gallery, perhaps ≪ Latin aureolus “gilded”

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