oriel, oriel window
(noun) a projecting bay window corbeled or cantilevered out from a wall
Source: WordNet® 3.1
oriel (plural oriels)
(architecture) A large polygonal recess in a building, such as a bay window, forming a protrusion on the outer wall.
(obsolete) A gallery for minstrels.
(obsolete) A small apartment next to a hall, used for dining.
• There is no generally accepted 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, and to those that are corbelled out from the wall instead of resting on the ground.
• El Rio, Le Roi, LeRoi, Leroi, Loire, Lorie, oiler, reoil
Source: Wiktionary
O"ri*el, n. Etym: [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.)
Definition: 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.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
1 May 2024
(verb) be in a state of movement or action; “The room abounded with screaming children”; “The garden bristled with toddlers”
Coffee dates back to the 9th century. Goat herders in Ethiopia noticed their goats seem to be “dancing” after eating berries from a particular shrub. They reported it to the local monastery, and a monk made a drink out of it. The monk found out he felt energized and kept him awake at night. That’s how the first coffee drink was born.
