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Wrought-iron balconies, turrets, oriel windows: block after block, the residential facades were unique and homogenous at the same time.

From New York Times • Dec. 23, 2011

So, let's go ... through the neo-gothic oriel window!

From The Guardian • Jul. 2, 2010

How cold to hear them now, here, in my room, echoing from varnished beams, off-stage in my oriel of yesterday.

From Voices from the Past by Bartlett, Paul Alexander

Lichfield has a gallery over the sacristy door, which served the same purpose; and at Worcester an oriel was probably used by the watchers.

From Ecclesiastical Curiosities by Various

He turned as he spoke; and I saw behind him a heavy curtain hiding the oriel window of the lobby.

From The Red Cockade by Weyman, Stanley John