Thesaurus: oriel

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1. n. A gallery for minstrels.
2. n. A small apartment next a hall, where certain persons were accustomed to dine; a sort of recess.
3. n. A bay window. See Bay window.
4. n. a projecting bay window corbeled or cantilevered out from a wall
5. 1. A gallery for minstrels. [Obs.] W. Hamper. 2. A small apartment next a hall, where certain persons were accustomed to dine; a sort of recess. [Obs.] Cowell. 3. (Arch.) A bay window. See Bay window. The beams that thro' the oriel shine Make prisms in every carven glass. Tennyson. 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.
6. A bay window. See Bay window.The beams that thro' the oriel shine Make prisms in every carvenglass. Tennyson.
7. n. a projecting bay window corbeled or cantilevered out from a wall