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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

A bay-window did duty for the more roomy oriel, and the shelf, which was an extension of the sill, was filled with plants.

From Jessamine A Novel by Harland, Marion

Their laughter reached me as I sat solitary and alone in the oriel window, over which lace curtains fell, and were kindled up like snow by the lights from without.

From Wives and Widows; or The Broken Life by Stephens, Ann S. (Ann Sophia)

Some of the decorative bits that catch the eye right and left, are absolute gems in their way—whether oriel windows, or fantastic turrets, or figures and devices embossed and sculptured.

From Mathieu Ropars: et cetera by Young, William