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Oriel - Dictionary Definition and Overview |
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Oriel : (noun)
1: a projecting bay window corbeled or cantilevered out from a
wall [syn: oriel window]
Based on WordNet 2.0
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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.]
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.
Based on WordNet (r) 2.0 (August 2003)
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