oriel

noun
🔊/ˈɔːriəl/
🔊/ˈɔːriəl/
(architecture建筑)
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  1. a part of a building, like a small room with windows, that sticks out from a wall above the ground突出主体墙外的建筑;凸肚窗
    • an oriel window凸肚窗;飘窗
    Word Originlate Middle English: from Old French oriol ‘gallery’, of unknown origin; compare with medieval Latin oriolum ‘upper chamber’.