Definitions
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- noun A
decorative window made of small sections of glass supported inlead divider bars, orcames
Etymologies
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Examples
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Château la Mer was a handsome brick house with leadlight roses decorating the windows and a wide veranda that ran along three sides.
Let The Dead Lie Malla Nunn 2010
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Château la Mer was a handsome brick house with leadlight roses decorating the windows and a wide veranda that ran along three sides.
Let The Dead Lie Malla Nunn 2010
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Sydney Daily Photo blog mentioned extra defining features in a post called Series: Local Domestic Architecture Part 3: Federation: tuck-pointed brick work, leadlight and stained or glass windows, and red Marseilles-style terracotta tiles.
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Front doors were typically high-waisted and decorated with leadlight.
Californian Bungalow: Australia's Favourite Interwar Home Hels 2009
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Sydney Daily Photo blog mentioned extra defining features in a post called Series: Local Domestic Architecture Part 3: Federation: tuck-pointed brick work, leadlight and stained or glass windows, and red Marseilles-style terracotta tiles.
Archive 2009-08-01 Hels 2009
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Front doors were typically high-waisted and decorated with leadlight.
Archive 2009-01-01 Hels 2009
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If I climbed up onto the dark timber window seat and peered down through the leadlight panes I could make out a courtyard where two bronze lions on weathered plinths stood guard, surveying the estate churchyard in the valley below.
Kate Morton Ebook Collection Kate Morton 2008
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If I climbed up onto the dark timber window seat and peered down through the leadlight panes I could make out a courtyard where two bronze lions on weathered plinths stood guard, surveying the estate churchyard in the valley below.
The House at Riverton Kate Morton 2008
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Over at Crawley, glaziers are removing irreplaceable leadlight and glass from the University of Western Australia's Winthrop Hall.
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Walls decorated with fabric posters of French wine chateaux, leadlight windows, bare wooden floors and tables, candles at night, and everything from croissants which they make themselves to Duck galantine with truffles.
NZ On Screen 2010
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