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Webster's 1828 Dictionary

O'RIEL,
O'RIENCY, n. [See Orient.] Brightness or strength of color. [Little used.]

WordNet (r) 3.0 (2005)

n
1: a projecting bay window corbeled or cantilevered out from a wall [syn: oriel, oriel window]

Merriam Webster's

noun see oriel window

Oxford Reference Dictionary

n. 1 a large polygonal recess built out usu. from an upper storey and supported from the ground or on corbels. 2 (in full oriel window) a any of the windows in an oriel. b the projecting window of an upper storey. Etymology: ME f. OF oriol gallery, of unkn. orig.

Webster's 1913 Dictionary

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.

Moby Thesaurus

alcove, bay, bay window, bow window, carrel, casement, casement window, corner, cove, cranny, cubby, cubbyhole, cubicle, fan window, fanlight, grille, lancet window, lantern, lattice, light, louver window, niche, nook, pane, picture window, port, porthole, recess, roomlet, rose window, skylight, snuggery, transom, wicket, window, window bay, window glass, windowpane