slovo | definícia |
oriel (mass) | oriel
- arkier |
oriel (encz) | oriel,arkýř n: Zdeněk Brož |
Oriel (gcide) | 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.]
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1. A gallery for minstrels. [Obs.] --W. Hamper.
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2. A small apartment next a hall, where certain persons were
accustomed to dine; a sort of recess. [Obs.] --Cowell.
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3. (Arch.) A bay window. See Bay window.
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The beams that thro' the oriel shine
Make prisms in every carven glass. --Tennyson.
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Note: 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.
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oriel (wn) | oriel
n 1: a projecting bay window corbeled or cantilevered out from a
wall [syn: oriel, oriel window] |
| podobné slovo | definícia |
oriel window (mass) | oriel window
- arkier |
oriel window (encz) | oriel window, n: |
Oriel (gcide) | 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.]
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1. A gallery for minstrels. [Obs.] --W. Hamper.
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2. A small apartment next a hall, where certain persons were
accustomed to dine; a sort of recess. [Obs.] --Cowell.
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3. (Arch.) A bay window. See Bay window.
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The beams that thro' the oriel shine
Make prisms in every carven glass. --Tennyson.
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Note: 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.
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oriel window (wn) | oriel window
n 1: a projecting bay window corbeled or cantilevered out from a
wall [syn: oriel, oriel window] |
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