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oriels

oriels is the plural of oriel.

Meaning of oriel

Noun

oriel (plural oriels)

  1. A large polygonal recess in a building, such as a bay window, forming a protrusion on the outer wall.
    • The middle window of the oriel before her, just caught and reflected back the crimson light and colour. The ground below looked bright and warm compared with the shade around.1831, L[etitia] E[lizabeth] L[andon], chapter XIV, in Romance and Reality. […], volume II, London: Henry Colburn and Richard Bentley, […], →OCLC, page 202
  2. (obsolete) A small apartment next to a hall, used for dining.

Questions about oriels

What is oriels the plural of?
Oriels is the plural of oriel.

Words near oriels in the dictionary

  1. oricycle
  2. oricycles
  3. oridonin
  4. oriel
  5. orielled
  6. oriels
  7. Orielton
  8. orienate
  9. oriency
  10. orient
  11. Orient Point

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