balconette
nounEtymology From French balconnet.
1
Architecture A false balcony, or railing at the outer plane of a window-opening reaching to the floor, and resembling a balcony when the window is open.
2
Rare A small balcony.
- The figure in the balconette appears of the same height, that it would do if standing upon the pavement immediately under the balconette, and its proportion is determined from that point upon the pavement.1809, George John Wood, Lectures on the Principles and Practice of Perspective, page 60:
3
Synonym of balcony bra.
- Derived terms
- balconette bra