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refenestration

refenestration noun: the act of fitting a building with new windows.

Noun

refenestration (countable and uncountable, plural refenestrations)

  1. The act of fitting a building with new windows.
    • Only substantial campaigns (new aisles, naves, towers (indicated by crosses), etc.) are shown; lesser works such as porches, refenestrations, etc. have not been included.1989, Richard Morris, Churches in the Landscape, London: J. M. Dent & Sons Ltd, →ISBN, page 402
    • A substantial two-storey gatehouse, multi-gabled with skew-tables and kneelers in Tudor Revival manner, built off an irregular and extensive plan in uncoursed limestone ashlar with label mouldings to openings, lost to hideous refenestration on the avenue front.2018, J. A. K. Dean, The Gate Lodges of Munster: A Gazetteer, Dublin: Wordwell, →ISBN, page 219, column 3

Forms of refenestration

pluralrefenestrations

Origin of refenestration

From refenestrate + -ion or re- + fenestration.

Questions about refenestration

What does refenestration mean?
Refenestration means the act of fitting a building with new windows.
What part of speech is refenestration?
Refenestration is a noun.
What is the plural of refenestration?
The plural of refenestration is refenestrations.

Words near refenestration in the dictionary

  1. refencing
  2. refenestrate
  3. refenestrated
  4. refenestrates
  5. refenestrating
  6. refenestration
  7. refenestrations
  8. refeoff
  9. refeoffed
  10. refeoffing
  11. refeoffs

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