Oriel

[ɔ:riәl]

(noun.) a projecting bay window corbeled or cantilevered out from a wall.

Edited by Angelina--From WordNet

(n.) A gallery for minstrels.

(n.) A small apartment next a hall, where certain persons were accustomed to dine; a sort of recess.

(n.) A bay window. See Bay window.

Edited by Lancelot

n. a portico or recess in the form of a window built out from a wall supported on brackets or corbels—distinguished from a bay window.

Typed by Gilda