oriel
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Definition of oriel
3 senses · 2 parts of speech · etymology included
noun
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A large polygonal recess in a building, such as a bay window, forming a protrusion on the outer wall.
“The middle window of the oriel before her, just caught and reflected back the crimson light and colour. The ground below looked bright and warm compared with the shade around.”
“The beams that thro' the Oriel shine / Make prisms in every carven glass, / And beaker brimm'd with noble wine.”
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noun
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A large polygonal recess in a building, such as a bay window, forming a protrusion on the outer wall.
“The middle window of the oriel before her, just caught and reflected back the crimson light and colour. The ground below looked bright and warm compared with the shade around.”
“The beams that thro' the Oriel shine / Make prisms in every carven glass, / And beaker brimm'd with noble wine.”
- (obsolete)A small apartment next to a hall, used for dining.
name
- (abbreviation, alt-of, ellipsis, informal)Ellipsis of Oriel College, Oxford.
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Etymology
From Middle English oriel, from Old French oriol (“gallery, corridor”), Late Latin oriolum (“portico, hall”), probably from Latin aureolus (“gilded”), applied to an apartment decorated with gilding. See oriole. Or a diminutive of Latin os (“mouth”).
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