Bow window
A curved bay window
Similar to a bay window but with a curved wall, rather than straight walls, projecting from the house.
bow window - a window that sticks out from the outside wall of a house
bay window
oriel, oriel window - a projecting bay window corbeled or cantilevered out from a wall ...
Bow window: Four or more window units together in a bow formation.
Brick mould: Outside moulding around the window frame to cover jambs.
top ...
bow:
something that is bent, curved or arched
bracket:
an overhanging member that projects from a structure and is usually designed to support a vertical load ...
Bow window
A composite of four or more window units in a radial or bow formation.
Bow window: A composite of 3 or more windows in a radial or bow formation. Typically consists of casement windows both fixed and operating assembled at 10 degree angles from the wall.
Bow - Projected window with a curved surface often in the glass itself.
Combination - The integration of two or more of the above into one unit.
Bow Window - Projected window with a curved surface often in the glass itself
Bridging - short, structural members between beams to provide reinforcement and distribution of stress.
Bow window A composite of 4 or more window units in a radial formation. Typically at a 10 or 15 degree angle to the wall.
BAY, BOW AND ORIEL WINDOWS - These windows project out from the front or side of a house. Oriel windows generally project from an upper storey, supported by brackets. Bay windows are angled/square projections that rise up from the ground.
There is a bow window and a large gabled bay. The roof is punctuated by a wide variety of chimneys. There is a corner tower as well as a large open turret with a pepper pot roof.
weapon with a bow arranged at a right-angle to a wooden stock; it was used to fire metal bolts
Cross-wall
internal dividing wall in a castle ...
Refuse I dared not, nor bow nor break,
Though I felt earth's confines shudder in fear;
All foes I might fell, yet still I stood fast. -40
'Then the young Warrior, God, the All-Wielder,
Put off his raiment, steadfast and strong; ...
or bracketed platform projecting from a wall with access from an upper storey Bargeboard A sloping board fixed to the edge of a gable roof, often decorated by fretwork or similar artistry Bay A projection from the outside wall, forming a bow ...
" Of these the finest and most varied are those by Wren in London, among which that of Bow Church and St Bride's, Fleet Street, are the best known, the former with two stages of lanterns with detached columns round, ...
- the period from the accession of King George I in 1714 to the death of King George IV in 1830, including therefore the first ten years of the Regency period, which became characterised by the bow front.
Mary Le Bow, at Cheapside, London
1671-1677: Monument to the Great Fire of London (with Robert Hooke)
1671-1681: St. Nicholas Cole Abbey, London
1672-1687: St. Stephen's Walbrook, London
1674-1687: St. James, at Picadilly, London ...
bay window - a protruding space from the exterior wall. A bow window is a rounded bay.
belcast eaves - a curve in the slope of a roof ( ie. gambrel dormer of the Express Building)
brackets - supporting members found under eaves ...
A method of bending a single piece of wood (bow back chair, bowed splat, etc.) Into a furniture part.
Stenciling:
Method of creating patterns by covering an area of a surface and applying color to the uncovered area.
Canted: with a straight front and angled sides. Bow window: curved. Oriel: rests on corbels or brackets and starts above ground level; also the bay window at the upper or dais end of a medieval great hall.Bead-and-reel ...
Bay window - window of one or more storeys projecting from the face of a building. Canted: with a straight front and angled sides. Bow window: curved.
Zeus (Jupiter), the father of the gods, was often accompanied by an eagle or a thunderbolt; Apollo, the god of art, by a lyre; Artemis (Diana), the hunter, by a bow and quiver. In addition, the Romans perfected the use of secular allegorical symbols.
Bay-window - A window forming a recess in a room, projecting outward from a wall. It may be rectangular, semi-polygonal (canted bay-window. q.v.) or semi-circular (bow. q.v.).
Bellied - Swelling, or bulging in a continuous line.
Gran bugue: A Spanish fortress dating from the 15th century, which was built in the shape of a great battle ship. The enceinte provided with mural towers formed the bow and the stern while the keep formed the bridge, normally situated on hill tops.
If curved it is a bow window
Beading - Usually a semi circular moulding that masks a joint, sometimes alongside a quirk
Beading Router/Beader - A woodworking machine for moulding beads on wood or for cutting groves in which to insert beads ...
Bow - window as bay window but curved in plan.
Brattice or breteche - also known as hoarding. Timber tower or projecting wooden gallery; hoarding.
 See also: Architecture, House, Frame, Member, Bay window
  
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