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Definition of Oriel
1. Noun. A projecting bay window corbeled or cantilevered out from a wall.
Definition of Oriel
1. n. A gallery for minstrels.
Definition of Oriel
1. Noun. A large polygonal recess in a building, such as a bay window. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Oriel
1. a type of projecting window [n -S]
Lexicographical Neighbors of Oriel
Literary usage of Oriel
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The Universities of Europe in the Middle Ages by Hastings Rashdall (1895)
"And, if any reliance whatever is to be placed upon the statements contained in
the record of the Archbishop's Visitation at oriel, a good deal of pure ..."
2. An Etymological Dictionary of the English Language by Walter William Skeat (1893)
"166 (as above), runs thus : ' Plus est délit en le oriel, a recess (with a window) in
... ^T There is a good article on the senses of the word oriel in the ..."
3. The Quarterly Review by William Gifford, George Walter Prothero, John Gibson Lockhart, John Murray, Whitwell Elwin, John Taylor Coleridge, Rowland Edmund Prothero Ernle, William Macpherson, William Smith (1883)
"Memorandum respectfully submitted by the Provost of oriel to Her Majesty's ...
By Edward Hawkins, MA, Fellow of oriel College. 8vo. 1819. (pp. 88. ..."
4. The Antiquary (1873)
"The pointed arch being one of the characteristics of Gothic architecture. of WEBL
OXFORD ARCHITECTURAL AND HISTORICAL SOCIETY. oriel COLLEGE AND ST. ..."
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