oriel

• They are best read, perhaps, in silence and alone CHAPTER VI A LITANY OF THE SACRED HEART Richard drew himself up on to the wide, cushioned bench below the oriel-window. —  The History of Sir Richard Calmady A Romance
• The window is an "oriel" in the Perpendicular style, separated vertically by mullions into three lights in front, with one at each end of the projection, and horizontally by transoms into an upper and lower tier, the former having a trefoil heading to each division. —  Bell's Cathedrals: The Priory Church of St. Bartholomew-the-Great, Smithfield A Short History of the Foundation and a Description of the Fabric and also of the Church of St. Bartholomew-the-Less
• On every side were oriel-windows and curiously glazed clerestories, whose mullions and posts were overlaid with gold. —  Historical Tales, Vol. 4 (of 15) The Romance of Reality
• Buttress and oriel were weltering in her beam, and the feathery pinnacles sprang out sharp and clear into the blue sky. —  Traditions of Lancashire, Volume 1 (of 2)
• The burning disk of the sun hung in clouds of pearl like an oriel-window in a magnificent temple. —  The Log School-House on the Columbia

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