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Previous Thread Next Thread Print Thread oriel wi;ndow #116382 11/22/2003 2:30 AM Joined: Jan 2001 Posts: 13,858 wwh Carpal Tunnel wwh Carpal Tunnel Joined: Jan 2001 Posts: 13,858 Nell and her grandfather are resting outside a very old church with "oriel windows" Here is a URL with description and a picture: http://architecture.about.com/library/blgloss-oriel.htm Copy Link to Clipboard Share Post on Facebook Share Post on Twitter Share Post on Reddit Re: oriole and other windows #116383 01/03/2004 12:11 PM Joined: Sep 2001 Posts: 6,296 Piedmont Region of Virginia, U... Wordwind Carpal Tunnel Wordwind Carpal Tunnel Joined: Sep 2001 Posts: 6,296 Piedmont Region of Virginia, U... Oh, thanks, wwh. I had forgotten how these oriels looked. During the days in which I read about architecture, 'oriel' was a term that delighted me since I'd seen these in some of the old buildings in Richmond. You mentioned 'fanlight' on another thread. Now I'm wondering about a third kind of window that I really liked a lot. I believe it was called the 'occulus' and was pretty much a hole in the ceiling that functioned much like the 'glory hole' in the sky. Copy Link to Clipboard Share Post on Facebook Share Post on Twitter Share Post on Reddit Moderated by  Jackie  Hop To General Topics ------  Information and announcements  Q&A about words  Wordplay and fun  Words and languages in schools  Miscellany  Weekly Themes  Looking for (writers, speakers,... (Old) Weekly themes. (have been... ------  Words from medicine  Beheading words  Meta-words  Words from classical mythology  Animal Safari  Words with unusual etymologies  Eponyms or words derived from p...  Loanwords from German  English as a global language Print Thread Switch to Threaded Mode Show Likes Link Copied to Clipboard View Profile Private Message Follow User Forum Posts Like Summary View Profile Private Message Follow User Forum Posts Like Summary Forum Statistics Forums16 Topics13,916 Posts230,463 Members9,211 Most Online17,319 Apr 8th, 2026 Newest Members Boo boo kitty fu, peterreineck, Peripatetic Toad, JerryC, blvd 9,211 Registered Users Top Posters(30 Days) wofahulicodoc 29 A C Bowden 6 Top Posters wwh 13,858 Faldage 13,803 Jackie 11,613 wofahulicodoc 11,272 tsuwm 10,542 LukeJavan8 9,974 Buffalo Shrdlu 7,210 AnnaStrophic 6,511 Wordwind 6,296 of troy 5,400

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