bow window

noun

bow window

noun

Etymology From bow + window.

1

Architecture A curved, bow-shaped window space projecting outward from the main walls of a building; a bay window that is curved.

  • The three of us stood in the bow window and occupied ourselves in admiring the magnificent view.1913, Arthur Conan Doyle, “(please specify the page)”, in The Poison Belt […], London; New York, N.Y.: Hodder and Stoughton, →OCLC:

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