oriel
/ˈɔːrɪəl
/noun
1A large upper-storey bay with a window, supported by brackets or on corbels.Because of the oriel's off-center position, the Dance of Death frieze is divided into two parts of unequal length....
- The tree's branches structurally support the third-floor oriel extending halfway up the fourth floor or gable above it.
- Because the Klein family owned ironworks in northern Moravia, cast iron was widely used on the building's facade in windows and oriels.
1.1 (also oriel window) A window in an oriel.The window frames have also been scrapped and repainted and the leaking roof of the oriel window has been repaired....
- The room feels like a ship - Dad and I love boats - and has an oriel window.
- Mullioned turret and oriel windows running across the first and second storeys create a wall-of-glass effect from the exterior and light and airy chambers within.
Origin
Late Middle English: from Old French oriol 'gallery', of unknown origin; compare with medieval Latin oriolum 'upper chamber'.
Rhymes
- out of time
- out of touch
- out-of-town
- out-of-towner
- out of true (or the true)
- out of truth
- out of turn
- out of whack
- out of work
- out on a limb
- out (or down) for the count
- out-over
- outpace
- out-paint
- outparcel
- out-parish
- outpart
- outpass
- outpatient
- out-pension
- outpensioner
- outperform
- outperformance
- outperformer
- outpitch