oriel

[o·ri·el]

A projecting bay window corbeled or cantilevered out from a wall

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A gallery for minstrels.

Noun
a projecting bay window corbeled or cantilevered out from a wall

n.
A gallery for minstrels.

n.
A small apartment next a hall, where certain persons were accustomed to dine; a sort of recess.

n.
A bay window. See Bay window.

Oriel

O"ri*el , n. [OF. oriol gallery, corridor, LL. oriolum portico, hall, prob. fr. L. aureolus gilded, applied to an apartment decorated with gilding. See Oriole.] [Formerly written also oriol, oryal, oryall.] 1. A gallery for minstrels. [Obs.] W. Hamper. 2. A small apartment next a hall, where certain persons were accustomed to dine; a sort of recess. [Obs.] Cowell. 3. (Arch.) A bay window. See Bay window.

The beams that thro' the oriel shine Make prisms in every carven glass.

&hand; There is no generally admitted difference between a bay window and an oriel. In the United States the latter name is often applied to bay windows which are small, and either polygonal or round; also, to such as are corbeled out from the wall instead of resting on the ground.

A gallery for minstrels.

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