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ORIEL
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Dictionary entry overview: What does oriel mean?
• ORIEL (noun)
The noun ORIEL has 1 sense:
1. a projecting bay window corbeled or cantilevered out from a wall
Familiarity information: ORIEL used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
A projecting bay window corbeled or cantilevered out from a wall
Classified under:
Nouns denoting man-made objects
Synonyms:
oriel; oriel window
Hypernyms ("oriel" is a kind of...):
bay window; bow window (a window that sticks out from the outside wall of a house)
Context examples
And would rather sit distrait by her oriel than ride gayly to the chase as of old.
(The White Company, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)
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