oriel
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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
His chamber is neither large nor elegant, its walls are plainly papered, and its single oriel window is shaded by a faded curtain.
From A Literary Pilgrimage Among the Haunts of Famous British Authors by Theodore F. (Theodore Frelinghuysen) Wolfe
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
While I was still a long way off I saw my lady at the oriel watching for me.
From My Lady Rotha A Romance by Stanley J. Weyman
