dormer window

Variant of dormer

dormer definition

dor·mer (dôr′mər)

noun

  1. a window set upright in a sloping roof
    also dormer window
  2. the roofed projection in which this window is set

Etymology: OFr dormeour < L dormitorium: see dormitory

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