oriel Definition
ori·el (ōr′ē əl, ôr′-)
noun
a large window built out from a wall and resting on a bracket or a corbel; bay window
Etymology: OFr oriol < ML oriolum, porch, gallery
oriel Usage Examples
Converse of object
have: The gate tower of 1512 is paneled all the way up and has an oriel high up flanked by two statue niches.
Modifies a noun
- window: At the southern end, near the light flooding in from the oriel window, would have been the high table.
- bay: Two stories of a 2 light casement over a small 4 light oriel bay with part glazed door to right.
- gelf: Mae Plaid Geidwadol Cymru wedi galw am oriel gelf genedlaethol yn gyson.
- genedlaethol: Mae Plaid Geidwadol Cymru wedi galw am oriel gelf genedlaethol yn gyson.
Noun used with modifier
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