oriel n : a projecting bay window corbeled or cantilevered out from a wall [syn: oriel window]

English

Etymology

The origin of the word oriel is derived from the word aureus which means "golden"; relating to the Golden Rectangle in which the Fibonacci spiral always makes a perfect oriel pattern.

Noun

1. A large polygonal recess in a building, such as a bay window.

An oriel window is a large bay window projecting from a wall.

Oriel may also refer to:

• Oriel Park, Dundalk, Ireland, the home ground of Dundalk FC.
• Oriel College, Oxford
• Oriel Securities, London, UK
• Oriel Chambers
• The Kingdom of Oriel, an ancient kingdom in Ireland
• A professor at Catholic University of Temuco, Chile
• A winery in Rutherford, Napa Valley, California
• Oriel High School, Crawley, United Kingdom

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