bay window
nounEtymology From Middle English baywyndow, baywyndowe, bay-windowe, equivalent to bay + window where bay refers to an opening between columns.
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Architecture A window space projecting outward from the main walls of a building and forming a bay in a room.
2
Figuratively, Slang A protruding belly.
- Marriages that are based only on sex appeal generally fizzle out as soon as he gets a bay window and her figure becomes a bit lumpish.1948, Godfrey Poage, What You Ought to Know Before Marriage, St. Louis: The Queen’s Work, page 12:
- Bert came hustling up, bumping his way through the kids with his bay window.1982, Guy Vanderhaeghe, Man Descending, McClelland & Stewart, published 2004, →ISBN, page 126:
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Figuratively, Slang The stomach of a pregnant woman.