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  2  definitions  found 
 
  From  Webster's  Revised  Unabridged  Dictionary  (1913)  [web1913]: 
 
  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. 
 
  From  Webster's  Revised  Unabridged  Dictionary  (1913)  [web1913]: 
 
  Oriol  \O"ri*ol\,  n. 
  See  {Oriel}.




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