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ORIEL
(OR-ee-uhl)
A
projecting bay window located on an upper floor, cantilevered or
supported by brackets
Common
clues:
Cantilevered
window; Bay window; Projecting window; Mirador; Window on a
corbel
Crossword
puzzle frequency:
3 times a year
Frequency
in English language:
35541 / 86800
Video:
Enya
– A Non-Album Track Called – Oriel Window
Oriel
windows are a form of bay window commonly found in Gothic revival
architecture, which jut out from the main wall of the building
but do not reach to the ground. Corbels or brackets are often
used to support this kind of window.
Oriel
College, Oxford took its name from a balcony or oriel window
forming a feature of a property which occupied the site the
college now stands on.
Oriel
windows are seen in Arab architecture in the form of mashrabiya.
In
the Hindu culture these windows and balconies projected from the
street front, providing an area in which women could peer out and
see the activities below while remaining invisible.
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It uses material from the Wikipedia article "Oriel".
ORIEL
(155) 94 Tu >1 08 Bay window
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We- >1 07 Cantilevered window
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Th- >1 09 Projecting window
8
Fr+ NYT 91 Mirador
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Window on a corbel
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>1 06 Projecting bay window
3
Tu >1 06 Corbeled-out window
3
Th >1 96 Window style
2
We CSy 04 Cantilevered bay window
2
Fr- >1 98 One of Oxford's colleges
2
Th CSy 06 Projecting window design
2
Th >1 99 Protruding window
1
Th NYT 86 A college at Oxford
1
Sa NYT 06 Architectural projection APSIS
1
Tu LAT 97 Bracket-braced window
99
Built-out window
1
Th NYT 86 College at Oxford
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Fancy window
1
Fr CSy 00 Large bay window
1
Fr NYT 99 Oxford University college since 1326
1
Th WSJ 05 Oxford college
1
Fr NYT 08 Projecting bit of architecture
02
Type of bay?
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