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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.
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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 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.

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.

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 window if ...

Bow Window - A projecting Bay Window which is curved in Plan
Bowl - The part of a sanitary fitting made to contain water, usually with a waste outlet. Kitchen sinks may have one or two bowls. A bowl of a WC is also called the pan and/or; ...

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 ...

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 ...

Window of one or more storeys projecting from the face of a building. Canted with a straight front and angled sides. Bow window curved.

Bay Window
- a window which internally is recessed, and which consequently projects on the outside of the building. A Canted Bay Window has a straight front and angled sides. A Bow Window is curved.

Oriel windows generally project from an upper storey, supported by brackets. Bay windows are angled/square projections that rise up from the ground. Bow windows are rounded projections often formed of the glass itself.

style have a white painted stucco facade and an entryway to the main front door (usually coloured black) which is framed by two columns. Regency residences typically are built as terraces or crescents. Elegant wrought iron balconies and bow windows ...

Although no window frames have been found in Pompeii,the openings in the walls show that some of the rooms were lighted by windows; one of them in the house of Diomede takes the form of a bow window with three lights in it.

See also: Bow, Bay window, Frame, House, Architecture

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