Associations to the word «Oriel»

Wiktionary

ORIEL, noun. (architecture) A large polygonal recess in a building, such as a bay window.
ORIEL, noun. (obsolete) A gallery for minstrels.
ORIEL, noun. (obsolete) A small apartment next to a hall, used for dining.

Dictionary definition

ORIEL, noun. A projecting bay window corbeled or cantilevered out from a wall.

Wise words

In words, as fashions, the same rule will hold; Alike fantastic, if too new, or old: Be not the first by whom the new are tried, Nor yet the last to lay the old aside.
Alexander Pope