ORIEL


Meaning of ORIEL in English

/awr"ee euhl, ohr"-/ , n.

1. a bay window, esp. one cantilevered or corbeled out from a wall.

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

[ 1350-1400; ME oriol porch, passage, gallery, perh. aureolus gilded ]

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