Bow-window

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• bow-window — [ bowindo ] n. m. • 1830; mot angl. , de bow « arc » et window « fenêtre » ♦ Fenêtre en saillie sur le mur d une maison. Des bow windows. ⇒ bay window. Recomm. offic. oriel. ● bow window, bow windows nom masculin (anglais bow window, de bow, arc …   Encyclopédie Universelle

• Bow window — Bow Bow (b[=o]), n. [OE. bowe, boge, AS. boga, fr. AS. b[=u]gan to bend; akin to D. boog, G. bogen, Icel. bogi. See {Bow}, v. t.] [1913 Webster] 1. Anything bent, or in the form of a curve, as the rainbow. [1913 Webster] I do set my bow in the… …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

• bow-window — /boˈwindo, ingl. ˈbəuˌwɪndəu/ [vc. ingl., propriamente «finestra (window) ad arco (bow)»] s. m. inv. aggetto, balcone, balconata (con vetrate), veranda …   Sinonimi e Contrari. Terza edizione

• bow-window — / bəʊwindəʊ/, it. /bo windo/ s. ingl. (propr. finestra ad arco ), usato in ital. al masch. (archit.) [balcone chiuso e sporgente dalla facciata di un edificio] ▶◀ bay window, (non com.) bovindo. ‖ balcone, veranda, (lett.) verone …   Enciclopedia Italiana

• bow window — ► NOUN ▪ a curved bay window …   English terms dictionary

• bow window — [bō] n. a bay window built in a curve …   English World dictionary

• Bow window — A bow window, is a curved bay window. [ [http://ah.bfn.org/a/DCTNRY/b/bow.html Bow window at The Illustrated Architecture Dictionary] ] Bow windows are designed to create space by projecting beyond the exterior wall of a building, and to provide… …   Wikipedia

• bow window — Bay window Bay win dow 1. (Arch.) A window forming a bay or recess in a room, and projecting outward from the wall, either in a rectangular, polygonal, or semicircular form; often corruptly called a {bow window}. Syn: bay window, bow window, bow… …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

• bow window — UK [ˌbəʊ ˈwɪndəʊ] / US [ˈboʊ ˌwɪndoʊ] noun [countable] Word forms bow window : singular bow window plural bow windows a window that curves out from a wall …   English dictionary

• Bow window — Oriel Oriel d une maison de Turckheim, en Alsace. Un oriel est une avancée en encorbellement aménagée sur un ou plusieurs niveaux d une façade. Il peut épouser différents aspects et formes (à deux, trois ou quatre faces) et être surmonté d un… …   Wikipédia en Français