bow window

English

Etymology

bow +‎ window

Noun

bow window (plural bow windows)

(architecture) A curved, bow-shaped window space projecting outward from the main walls of a building, similar to a bay window.
- 1913, Sir Arthur Conan Doyle, The Poison Belt‎:
  The three of us stood in the bow window and occupied ourselves in admiring the magnificent view.

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