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Entry 3 senses Webster, 1913

Oriel

· O·ri·el · IPA /ˈɔːɹiəl/
01 n. A gallery for minstrels.
  1. 1.
    A gallery for minstrels.[Obs.]
  2. 2.
    A small apartment next a hall, where certain persons were accustomed to dine; a sort of recess.[Obs.]
  3. 3.
    A bay window. See Bay window.(Arch.) See: Bay window
    “The beams that thro' the oriel shine Make prisms in every carven glass.” Tennyson.