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bow-window (ˈbəʊ-ˈwɪndəʊ) [f. bow n.1] 1. A Bay-window segmentally curved on plan; called in A.P.S. Dict. Arch., a Bow Bay-window. Often used as co-extensive with bay-window, whence ‘such absurdities of diction as {oqq}square bow windows{cqq}’. Bay-window is generic, bow-window specific, and of much...
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Bow window
A bow window or compass window is a curved bay window. Bow windows are designed to create space by projecting beyond the exterior wall of a building, and to provide a wider view of the garden or street outside and typically combine four or more windows, which join to form an arch, differentiating th...
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How to Install a Bow Window (DIY) - The Family Handyman
Use this as a pattern to cut the 2-in. rigid insulation and the 3/4-in. plywood nailer. Make sure the edges of all three layers are even with the edges of the bow window as you install them. After enclosing the top (Photos 12 and 13), install the side and bottom flashings (Photos 14 and 15).
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14 Window Treatments for Bay Windows to Enhance Their Beauty
Nov 20, 2023Window treatments for bay window decorating don't need to be the only way to make an impact. Beautiful details, an eye-catching paint color, and even furniture can all add to the look. Here, simple white Roman shades don't compete with the trimwork around the windows. A wide ribbon of trim on the shades adds style to the white-on-white ensemble ...
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Menorcan
Some examples are xoc ('chalk'), boínder ('bow-window') or bòtil ('bottle').
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bay-window
bay-window (ˈbeɪˈwɪndəʊ) [f. bay n.3 + window.] ‘A window forming a bay or recess in a room, and projecting outwards from the wall, either in a rectangular, polygonal, or semicircular form; often called a bow-window.’ Parker Concise Gloss. Archit.1428 in Heath Grocers' Comp. (1869) 6 In the baye wyn...
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Benjamin Incledon
which he re-built with neo-Gothic facade of his own design, of which survives today only a castellated lodge with two square towers and a crenellated bow-window
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landaulet
landaulet (ˌlændɔːˈlɛt) Also -ette. [f. prec. + -let.] a. A small landau; a coupé with a folding top like a landau. Also called demi-landau.1771 Patent Specif. No. 997 The fore part of the head of a landawlet is constructed with a hinge [etc.]. 1794 [see landau]. 1799 Gentl. Mag. I. 449 A vehicle wi...
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Harriet Beecher Stowe House (Hartford, Connecticut)
complete enough that, by May 1, 1864, she wrote, "I came here a month ago to hurry on the preparations for our house, in which I am now writing, in the high bow-window
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embowed
embowed, ppl. a. (ɛmˈbəʊd) [f. embow v.1] 1. Bent or curved into the form of a bow; convex, bow-like.1578 Lyte Dodoens 707 Long lyke a Peare, with certayne embowed or swelling diuisions. 1591 Spenser Vis. Worlds Vanitie ii. With gilden hornes embowed like the Moone. 1639 Horn & Robotham Gate Lang. U...
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Christ Church, Theale
In his 1958 book South and West Somerset, Nikolaus Pevsner described the chancel and its glazing as being reminiscent of "the bow-window of a house", which
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bow
▪ I. bow, n.1 (bəʊ) Forms: 1 boᵹa, 3–4 boȝe, (3 bou), 3–7 bowe, 4 bouwe, boghe (boȝ), 4–5 boowe, 6 boe, (boll), 4– bow. [Com. Teut.: OE. boᵹa, corresp. to OFris. boga, OS. bogo (MDu. booghe, Du. boog), OHG. bogo (MHG. boge, mod.G. bogen), ON. bogi (Sw. båge, Da. bue):—OTeut. *bugon-, f. stem bug- of...
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Powderham Castle
Modern times
Since 1745 the second library has extended the chapel wing, the two low rooms either side of the clock tower have been converted to bow-window
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enfilade
▪ I. enfilade, n. (ɛnfɪˈleɪd) [a. Fr. enfilade, f. enfiler to thread on a string, hence to pierce or traverse from end to end, f. en- (see en- prefix1) + fil thread.] † 1. A suite of apartments, whose doorways are placed opposite to each other. Hence in phrase, in enfilade. Also applied to a long ‘v...
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